CREPITATION Synonyms

• hissing and bubbling

• a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

• a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

• loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

• make short successive sounds

• shake and cause to make a rattling noise

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• a spell of cold weather

• tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

• a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

• the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• a sudden sharp noise

• a sudden breaking

• the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• move or strike with a noise

• close with a snapping motion

• make a sharp sound

• move with a snapping sound

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• put in play with a snap

• cause to make a snapping sound

• lose control of one's emotions

• bring the jaws together

• record on photographic film

• the sharp sound of snapping noises

• glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface

• having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware

• make a crackling sound

• make a crushing noise

• to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks