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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Crepitate

/(kr�p"�-t�t)/ · Crep·i·tate · IPA
01 v. i. To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.
imp. & p. p. Crepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating
  1. 1.
    To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.