crepitation(n = noun.event) crackle, crackling - the sharp sound of snapping noises;
is a kind of noise
has particulars: decrepitation
Derived form verb crepitate1
1. The act of crepitating or crackling. [1913 Webster]
2. 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]
crepitation, n.
1 Med. = CREPITUS.
2 the action or sound of crackling or rattling.
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!.