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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.