Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Crepitate
Crep′i·tate (kr?p′?-tāt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crepitated (- tā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating (-tā′tĭng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.