verb
crep·i·tate | \ ˈkre-pə-ˌtāt
to make a crackling sound, crackle
Also: crepitaculum
- noun An ancient instrument resembling the castanets.
- noun In zoology, a rattle or rattling-organ, as that on the tail of a rattlesnake.
- noun A talc-like spot at the base of the upper wings of certain Locustidæ.