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Stridulate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.

(2):

(v. t.) To make a shrill, creaking noise

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stridulate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stridulate.html. 1828.