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stridulation
a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
Synonyms:
animal noise
,
bark
,
barking
,
birdcall
,
call
,
chirk
,
chirking
,
chirp
,
chirrup
,
clang
,
creak
,
crick
,
cry
,
grunt
,
howl
,
howling
,
mating call
,
note
,
ululation
,
woodnote
Related Words:
creak
collapse
a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
related words >
caterwaul
,
chirk
,
chirking
,
chirp
,
chirrup
,
crick
,
howl
,
keen
,
pipe
,
screak
,
scream
,
screech
,
shriek
,
shrill
,
skirl
,
skreigh
,
squawk
,
squeak
,
squeal
,
stridulate
,
stridulation
,
ululate
,
ululation
,
wail
,
whine
,
whistle
,
wrawl
,
yammer
birdcall
collapse
a device for imitating a birdcall
the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
related words >
Angelus
,
Angelus bell
,
alarm
,
alarum
,
animal noise
,
bark
,
barking
,
battle cry
,
bugle call
,
call
,
clang
,
cry
,
grunt
,
howl
,
howling
,
last post
,
mating call
,
moose call
,
note
,
rallying cry
,
rebel yell
,
reveille
,
stridulation
,
summons
,
taps
,
trumpet call
,
ululation
,
war cry
,
whistle
,
woodnote
crick
collapse
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"
related words >
acute pain
,
bite
,
boring pain
,
branch
,
brook
,
charley horse
,
chirk
,
chirking
,
chirp
,
chirrup
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
creak
,
darting pain
,
fulgurant pain
,
gill
,
girdle pain
,
gnawing
,
griping
,
hitch
,
jumping pain
,
kink
,
lancinating pain
,
nip
,
pang
,
paroxysm
,
pinch
,
prick
,
race
,
rivulet
,
run
,
runnel
,
seizure
,
sharp pain
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
spasm
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
stitch
,
stream
,
stridulate
,
stridulation
,
thrill
,
throes
,
tormen
,
tweak
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
wrench
clang
collapse
a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
make a loud noise; "clanging metal"
related words >
animal noise
,
bark
,
barking
,
belch
,
birdcall
,
blare
,
blat
,
bray
,
burr
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
call
,
caw
,
change ringing
,
chime
,
chiming
,
chink
,
chirr
,
clanging
,
clangor
,
clank
,
clanking
,
clash
,
clink
,
craunch
,
croak
,
crump
,
crunch
,
cry
,
ding
,
ding-a-ling
,
dingdong
,
dinging
,
dingle
,
dong
,
donging
,
gong
,
grind
,
groan
,
growl
,
grumble
,
grunt
,
howl
,
howling
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jingle
,
jingle-jangle
,
jinglejangle
,
jingling
,
knell
,
knelling
,
mating call
,
note
,
peal
,
peal ringing
,
pealing
,
rasp
,
ring
,
ring changes
,
ringing
,
scranch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scrunch
,
snarl
,
snore
,
sound
,
sound a knell
,
stridulation
,
ting
,
ting-a-ling
,
tingle
,
tingling
,
tink
,
tinkle
,
tinkling
,
tinnitus
,
tintinnabulate
,
toll
,
tolling
,
twang
,
ululation
,
woodnote
rasp
collapse
a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
uttering in an irritated tone
utter in a grating voice
scrape with a rasp
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
annoy
,
bark
,
belch
,
bite
,
blare
,
blat
,
bray
,
burn
,
burr
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
caw
,
chafe
,
chirr
,
clang
,
clangor
,
clank
,
clash
,
convulse
,
craunch
,
croak
,
crucify
,
crump
,
crunch
,
cut
,
distress
,
erase
,
erode
,
exacerbate
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
file
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
get
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
gnaw away
,
grate
,
grate on
,
grater
,
grating
,
gravel
,
graze
,
grind
,
grinding
,
gripe
,
grit
,
groan
,
growl
,
grumble
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jangle
,
jar
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nettle
,
nip
,
pain
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
provoke
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
raze
,
rub
,
rub away
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
scour
,
scranch
,
scrape
,
scraping
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
screech
,
scrub
,
scrunch
,
scuff
,
set on edge
,
skin
,
snarl
,
snore
,
squawk
,
stab
,
sting
,
stridulation
,
torment
,
torture
,
twang
,
tweak
,
twist
,
vex
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear on
,
wound
,
wring
grunt
collapse
medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years"
issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"
related words >
Zouave
,
air a grievance
,
animal noise
,
bark
,
barking
,
bawl
,
beef
,
bellow
,
bellyache
,
bersagliere
,
birdcall
,
bitch
,
blare
,
blat
,
blubber
,
boom
,
bray
,
breathe
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
call
,
carabineer
,
chant
,
chasseur
,
chirp
,
clamor
,
clang
,
complain
,
coo
,
crab
,
croak
,
crow
,
cry
,
dogface
,
doughfoot
,
drawl
,
exclaim
,
expert rifleman
,
flute
,
foot soldier
,
footslogger
,
fret
,
fret and fume
,
fusileer
,
fuss
,
gasp
,
grenadier
,
gripe
,
groan
,
grouch
,
grouse
,
growl
,
grumble
,
gruntle
,
hiss
,
holler
,
howl
,
howling
,
infantryman
,
keen
,
kick
,
light infantryman
,
lilt
,
lodge a complaint
,
marksman
,
mating call
,
mumble
,
murmur
,
musketeer
,
mutter
,
note
,
oink
,
paddlefoot
,
pant
,
pipe
,
raise a howl
,
register a complaint
,
rifle
,
rifleman
,
roar
,
rumble
,
scold
,
scream
,
screech
,
sharpshooter
,
shriek
,
sibilate
,
sigh
,
sing
,
snap
,
snarl
,
sniper
,
snort
,
sob
,
squall
,
squawk
,
squeal
,
stridulation
,
take on
,
thunder
,
trumpet
,
twang
,
ululation
,
wail
,
warble
,
whine
,
whisper
,
woodnote
,
yap
,
yawp
,
yell
,
yelp
howling
collapse
related words >
Jeremianic
,
abandoned
,
acute
,
amok
,
animal noise
,
argute
,
awful
,
bark
,
barking
,
bawling
,
bellowing
,
bemoaning
,
berserk
,
bewailing
,
birdcall
,
birdies
,
blatant
,
blooping
,
blurping
,
call
,
carried away
,
clang
,
complaining
,
creaky
,
cry
,
crying
,
deadly
,
delirious
,
demoniac
,
distortion
,
distracted
,
dreadful
,
ear-piercing
,
ecstatic
,
enraptured
,
faultfinding
,
fearful
,
feedback
,
feral
,
ferocious
,
fierce
,
flutter
,
fluttering
,
frantic
,
frenzied
,
fretful
,
frightful
,
fulminating
,
furious
,
grieving
,
grunt
,
haggard
,
hissing
,
hog-wild
,
horrible
,
howl
,
hum
,
hysterical
,
in a transport
,
in hysterics
,
intoxicated
,
keen
,
keening
,
lamentation
,
lamenting
,
lamentive
,
lowing
,
mad
,
madding
,
maniac
,
mating call
,
moanful
,
moaning
,
motorboating
,
mournful
,
mourning
,
mugient
,
note
,
orgasmic
,
orgiastic
,
peevish
,
penetrating
,
petulant
,
piercing
,
piping
,
plaintive
,
plangent
,
possessed
,
puling
,
querulous
,
rabid
,
raging
,
ramping
,
ranting
,
raving
,
ravished
,
reedy
,
roaring
,
rousing
,
rumble
,
running mad
,
scratching
,
screaky
,
screeching
,
screechy
,
sharp
,
shredding
,
shrieking
,
shrieky
,
shrill
,
sorrow
,
sorrowful
,
sorrowing
,
squeaking
,
squeaky
,
squeals
,
static
,
storming
,
stridulation
,
terrible
,
terrific
,
thin
,
thumping
,
transported
,
ululant
,
ululation
,
uncontrollable
,
violent
,
wailful
,
wailing
,
whacking
,
whimpering
,
whining
,
whiny
,
whistles
,
whistling
,
wild
,
wild-eyed
,
wild-looking
,
woodnote
,
woomping
,
wow
,
wowwows
chirp
collapse
a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
related words >
anthem
,
ballad
,
bark
,
bawl
,
beam
,
bellow
,
blare
,
blat
,
blubber
,
boom
,
bray
,
breathe
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
call
,
caper
,
caracole
,
carol
,
caw
,
chant
,
chatter
,
cheep
,
chip
,
chipper
,
chirk
,
chirking
,
chirm
,
chirr
,
chirrup
,
chitter
,
choir
,
chorus
,
chuck
,
clack
,
clap hands
,
cluck
,
clutter
,
cock-a-doodle-doo
,
coo
,
creak
,
crick
,
croak
,
cronk
,
croon
,
crow
,
cuckoo
,
dance
,
delight
,
descant
,
do-re-mi
,
drawl
,
drum
,
exclaim
,
exult
,
flute
,
frisk
,
frolic
,
gabble
,
gaggle
,
gambol
,
gasp
,
glory
,
glow
,
gobble
,
growl
,
grunt
,
guggle
,
hiss
,
honk
,
hoo
,
hoot
,
hum
,
hymn
,
intonate
,
intone
,
joy
,
jubilate
,
keen
,
laugh
,
lilt
,
minstrel
,
mumble
,
murmur
,
mutter
,
pant
,
peep
,
pip
,
pipe
,
psalm
,
quack
,
quaver
,
radiate cheer
,
rejoice
,
revel
,
roar
,
roll
,
rollick
,
romp
,
roulade
,
rumble
,
scold
,
scream
,
screech
,
serenade
,
shake
,
shriek
,
sibilate
,
sigh
,
sing
,
sing in chorus
,
skip
,
skip for joy
,
smile
,
snap
,
snarl
,
snort
,
sob
,
sol-fa
,
solmizate
,
sparkle
,
squall
,
squawk
,
squeal
,
stridulate
,
stridulation
,
thunder
,
tremolo
,
trill
,
troll
,
trumpet
,
twang
,
tweedle
,
tweedledee
,
tweet
,
twit
,
twitter
,
vocalize
,
wail
,
warble
,
whine
,
whisper
,
whistle
,
yap
,
yawp
,
yell
,
yelp
,
yodel
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