crepitation
- n the sharp sound of snapping noises
- But if he reads this volume, undeterred by the crepitation of bursting glue from the spine, he will have exposed himself to more first-class writing than can be found on the entire .
- Her best hope is to peddle the papers of her late husband, an exemplar of the Civil Service who not only recorded every crepitation in the corridors of power but also squirreled .