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CREPITATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they crepitate ... he / she / it crepitates
Past simple: crepitated
Past participle: crepitated
-ing form: crepitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a crackling sound
Example:
My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl
Synonyms:
crackle; crepitate
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
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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