Wednesday Word: Crepitate

crepitate |ˈkrepəˌtāt|verb [ intrans. ]make a crackling sound : the night crepitates with an airy, whistling cacophony | [as adj. ] ( crepitating) spidery fingers of crepitating electricity.DERIVATIVEScrepitant |ˈkrepətənt| adjectiveORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘break wind’ ): from Latin crepitat- ‘crackled, rustled,’ from the verb crepitare, from crepare ‘to rattle.’

Do fireworks crepitate?