STRIDULATE

stridulate, clitter

(verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; “male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

stridulate (third-person singular simple present stridulates, present participle stridulating, simple past and past participle stridulated)

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

Synonyms: chirp, chirr

Source: Wiktionary

Strid"u*late, v. t. Etym: [See Stridulous.]

Definition: To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zoöl.),

Definition: to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition