CREPITATE

crepitate, crackle

(verb) make a crackling sound; “My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

crepitate (third-person singular simple present crepitates, present participle crepitating, simple past and past participle crepitated)

To crackle, to make a crackling sound.

(medicine) to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.

(medicine, obsolescent) to flatulate.

Source: Wiktionary

Crep"i*tate (kr, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crepitated (-t; p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating (-t.] Etym: [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.]

Definition: To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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