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CREPITATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crepitate mean?
• CREPITATE (verb)
The verb CREPITATE has 1 sense:
1. make a crackling sound
Familiarity information: CREPITATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they crepitate ... he / she / it crepitates
Past simple: crepitated
Past participle: crepitated
-ing form: crepitating
... he / she / it crepitates Past simple: crepitated
Past participle: crepitated
-ing form: crepitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a crackling sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
crackle; crepitate
Context example:
My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl
Hypernyms (to "crepitate" is one way to...):
rattle (make short successive sounds)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
crepitation (the sharp sound of snapping noises)
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