Crackles vs. Crepitus: What's the Difference?

To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises

(medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

To show liveliness, energy, or intensity

The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.

To become covered with a network of fine cracks; craze.

To crush (paper, for example) with sharp snapping sounds.

To cause (china, for example) to become covered with a network of fine cracks.

The act or sound of crackling.

A network of fine cracks on the surface of glazed pottery, china, or glassware.

Crackleware.

Plural of crackle

Rales