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crepitation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crepitation has 1 sense
- crepitation(n = noun.event) crackle, crackling - the sharp sound of snapping noises; Array has particulars: decrepitation
is a kind of noise
Derived form verb crepitate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
crepitation, n. [Cf. F. crépitation .].
- The act of crepitating or crackling. [1913 Webster]
- A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crepitation, n.
1 Med. = CREPITUS.
2 the action or sound of crackling or rattling.
1 Med. = CREPITUS.
2 the action or sound of crackling or rattling.
ROGET THESAURUS
crepitation
Snap
N snap, rapping, decrepitation, crepitation, report, thud, burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley, squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, M, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun, implosion, bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms), gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms), whack, wham, pow, rapping, Int, kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!.
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