crepitate
verb (used without object)
to make a crackling sound; crackle.
crepitant
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a word derived from
crepitate.
Example Sentences
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One is incisive, corrosive; Two retorts nettled, curt, crepitant; Three makes rejoinder, expansive, explosive; Four overbears them all, strident and strepitant; Five....
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
The upper lobe was crepitant, though infiltrated with carbon into the interlobular cellular tissue.
From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar
On examining the chest with the stethoscope, the crepitant ronchus was heard in the upper part of each lung.
From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar
They looked solemnly into the crepitant blaze of the new fire.
From The Judge by Rebecca West
The putrefactive gases evolved cause the skin to become emphysematous and crepitant and produce an offensive odour.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
