Crossword clues for crepitate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crepitate \Crep"i*tate\ (kr?p"?-t?t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crepitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating (-t?`t?ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.
Wiktionary
vb. To crackle, to make a crackling sound.
WordNet
v. make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: crackle]
Usage examples of "crepitate".
Beneath the lap-robe I had spread fo Lor, dryflowers crepitated softly.
From farther off, heard at Equator Town for instance, the measures rose and fell and crepitated like the barking of hounds in a distant kennel.
The squadrons of the latter came about, facing this oblique advance, and suddenly little flickerings and a faint crepitating sound told that they had opened fire.
With small, sharp, crepitating sounds, a network of cracks raced through the translucent shell.
Bombs followed, crepitating bursts of noise and smoke and flying metal.