crepitate

Etymology

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

Verb

crepitate (third-person singular simple present crepitates, present participle crepitating, simple past and past participle crepitated)

1. To crackle, to make a crackling sound.

Further reading

• crepitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• crepitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• crepitate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Verb

crepitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of crepitare
2. second-person plural imperative of crepitare
3. feminine plural of crepitato

Anagrams

• precettai

Verb

crepitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of crepitō