crepitate

English

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.
    1. (medicine) to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.
    2. (medicine, obsolescent) to flatulate.

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Italian

Verb

crepitate

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

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Latin

Verb

crepitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of crepitō
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