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Webster 1913 Edition

Crepitate

Crep′i-tate

(kr[GREEK]p′[GREEK]-t[GREEK]t)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crepitated
(-t[GREEK]ˊt[GREEK]d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crepitating
(-t[GREEK]ˊt[GREEK]ng)
.]
[L.
crepitatus
,
p.
p.
of
crepitare
to crackle,
Verb.
intensive of
crepare
to crack. Cf.
Crevice
.]
To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crepitate

CREPITATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to crackle, to crack, to burst with a sharp sound.] To crackle; to snap; to burst with a small sharp abrupt sound, rapidly repeated; as salt in fire, or during calcination. It differs from detonate, which signifies, to burst with a single loud report.

Definition 2024

crepitate

crepitate

English

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

crepitate

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

crepitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of crepitō

Etymology

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

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