CREPITATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The sharp sound of snapping noises

Synonyms:

crackle; crackling; crepitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("crepitation" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crepitation"):

decrepitation (the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated)

Derivation:

crepitate (make a crackling sound)