Crepitate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To crackle, to make a crackling sound.; to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.
  2. 2
    make a crackling sound wordnet
  3. 3
    To crackle, to make a crackling sound.; to flatulate. obsolete, possibly

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blow offclackclickcrackcracklefart

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin crepitātus, perfect passive participle of crepitō (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself a frequentative of crepō (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”).

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