The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crepitated
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.
Usage examples of "crepitated".
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.