crepitate

Meaning

  1. To crackle, to make a crackling sound.
  2. (obsolete) To crackle, to make a crackling sound.

Etymology

From Latin crepitare (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”), frequentative of crepare (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”).

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