crepitate

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin crepitātus, perfect passive participle of crepitō (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself a frequentative of crepō (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”).

1. To crackle, to make a crackling sound.
2. To crackle, to make a crackling sound.