Question

crepitate /KREP-i-tayt/

Accepted Answer

verb intr.To make a crackling or popping sound.[From Latin crepitare (to crackle), frequentative of crepare (to rattle, crack). Earliest documented use: 1623.]"John Grisham's sentences thud and crepitate all over the page, and he has become a literary tycoon." Gene Weingarten; The Fiddler in the Subway; Simon & Schuster; 2010.

Front	crepitate /KREP-i-tayt/
Back	verb intr. To make a crackling or popping sound. [From Latin crepitare (to crackle), frequentative of crepare (to rattle, crack). Earliest documented use: 1623.] "John Grisham's sentences thud and crepitate all over the page, and he has become a literary tycoon." Gene Weingarten; The Fiddler in the Subway; Simon & Schuster; 2010.

Crepitate Krep I Tayt Verb Intr Make Crackling Popping Sound