cricket chirp
Summer night sound
The cricket chirp is the characteristic sound male crickets produce by rubbing their wings together, typically heard on warm summer evenings.
The sound serves to attract mates and establish territory.
Figuratively, crickets or cricket chirps describe awkward silence following a joke or statement that gets no response: I asked if anyone wanted to volunteer and got nothing but crickets.
- songMusical piece with words
- nightDark hours daily
- summerYear's warmest season
- insectSix-legged invertebrate
- trillingRapid note alternation
summer night · legs · antenna · field · grass · meadow · sound · buzz · hum · katydid · cicada · nocturnal · rubbing · stridulation · wings · mating · mating call · call
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