crepō uī, itus, āre CREP-. I. To rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink: fores crepuerunt ab eā, T.: crepet laurus adusta, O.: crepante pede, H.: nubes subito motu, O.: sinūs crepantes Carbasei, V.

— II. To cause to sound, break out into: sonum, H.: manibus faustos sonos, Pr.

—Fig., to say noisily, make ado about, boast of, harp on, prattle, prate: sulcos et vineta, talk furrows, etc., H.: militiam, H.