crepitate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of crepitate
First recorded in 1615–25 in sense “to fart”; the modern sense dates from 1850–55; from Latin crepitātus, past participle of crepitāre “to rattle, rustle, chatter, fart,” frequentative of crepāre; see -ate 1
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V. rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle†; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump. blow up, blow; detonate.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
The portions containing air are of a light brick-red colour, and crepitate under the finger.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
The sixpences do not "bang" in this country: they crepitate, they crackle, as though shot from a Maxim quick-firer.
From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William
The mansionHad marked his fatuous expansion.The years were full, the house was fated,The rotten structure crepitated!
From Moral Emblems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The years were full, the house was fated, The rotten structure crepitated!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
On rectal or vaginal examination there is localised tenderness over the pelvic aspect of the acetabulum, and in some cases a convex projection, or even crepitating fragments can be detected.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Absence of respiratory murmur in places where the lung is congested; feebleness of that sound in the inflamed parts, with humid crepitating wheezing.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
The big dab of butter soon melted, and in a moment the trout were crepitating and curling up in the pan, sending forth heavenly odors.
From Sweetapple Cove by Van Schaick, George
A number of little crepitating sounds like paper being smoothed.
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The echoes from the shot still rocked in sharp crepitating knocks as of stone against stone, fainter and fading.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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