crepitation
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It was a deeply flavored specimen, but lacked the crepitation of those breaded in sharp shards of panko.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
White wreathings drifted up the fields from the sullen sea; the sky was an unbroken gray deadness shedding pin-point moisture that was now and then blown against the panes with a crepitation of despair.
From The Woman in Black by E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley
There is abnormal mobility of the bones of the knee, but crepitation is usually absent.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
There will also be swelling, with difficulty of locomotion, and crepitation will be easy of detection.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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