1. to make a series of crackling or popping sounds
Usage: third person singular present tense of crepitate
2. to make a rattling sound, as of joints or bones
Usage: medical/anatomical context

Examples

• The fire crepitates as the wood burns.
• The breakfast cereal crepitates in milk.
• The old floorboards crepitate when you walk across them.
• The patient's knee crepitates when she bends it.
• Bubble wrap crepitates satisfyingly when you step on it.
• The radio crepitates with static between stations.