crepitate
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The portions containing air are of a light brick-red colour, and crepitate under the finger.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
V. rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle†; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump. blow up, blow; detonate.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
The sixpences do not "bang" in this country: they crepitate, they crackle, as though shot from a Maxim quick-firer.
From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William
The years were full, the house was fated, The rotten structure crepitated!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis
From farther off, heard at Equator Town for instance, the measures rose and fell and crepitated like the barking of hounds in a distant kennel.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The mansionHad marked his fatuous expansion.The years were full, the house was fated,The rotten structure crepitated!
From Moral Emblems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
And there he sits, meditating over Carlyle’s crepitating fire and Rousseau’s writhing, sibilating flame.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Their presence may be recognised, especially in the knee, by the crepitating sensation imparted to the fingers of the hand grasping the joint while it is flexed and extended by the patient.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The big dab of butter soon melted, and in a moment the trout were crepitating and curling up in the pan, sending forth heavenly odors.
From Sweetapple Cove by Van Schaick, George
The squadrons of the latter came about, facing this oblique advance, and suddenly little flickerings and a faint crepitating sound told that they had opened fire.
From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Gradual and progressive disappearance of the crepitating 'râle'.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
