... its stupid hee-haws and its stridulating 'tremendous applause'.

[Vladv1]

"Courage, that regards with equal loathing the multitude’s mad howls of hate, its stupid hee-haws and its stridulating ‘tremendous applause."
Might is Right, by Ragnar Redbeard.
What does stridulating mean here in other words?

 

[jutfrank]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stridulate

 

[emsr2d2]

@Vladv1 Did you look it up in a dictionary before asking us?

 

[Vladv1]

@Vladv1 Did you look it up in a dictionary before asking us?

Yeah, I did look up. Still can't imagine how this connects to applause.

 

[emsr2d2]

Yeah, I did look it up. I still can't imagine how this connects to applause.

The definition in the link in post #2 should make it pretty clear. I assume you know how people applaud!