Synonyms for stridulate

Most common

chirp · clatter · chirr

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

Forms

Past participle

stridulated
e.g. stridulated → chirped, chirred, clattered…

Example sentences

• chirp The vernal heralds chirp and make their nests.
• clatter The clatter of the horse's hooves soothed him.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

chirp¹, chirr

7 letters

clatter²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (clatter² = 2 syllables).