Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stridulation

1 sense of stridulation

Sense 1
stridulation -- (a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together)
       => noise -- (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels")