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crackle

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

crack=le

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CIDE DICTIONARY

crackle, v. i. [Dim. of crack.].

To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. [1913 Webster]

"The unknown ice that crackles underneath them." [1913 Webster]

crackle, n.

The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. [1913 Webster]
"The crackle of fireworks." [1913 Webster]
A kind of crackling sound or ras, dry crackle; moist crackle. Quain. [1913 Webster]
A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

crackle, v. & n.
--v.intr. make a repeated slight cracking sound (radio crackled; fire was crackling).
--n.
1 such a sound.
2 a paintwork, china, or glass decorated with a pattern of minute surface cracks. b the smooth surface of such paintwork etc.

Derivative

crackly adj.

Etymology

CRACK + -LE(4)

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THESAURUS

crackle

abrasion, blemish, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, clack, click, concussion, crack, cracking, crackling, craze, crepitate, crepitation, cut, decrepitate, decrepitation, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, gall, gash, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, mortal wound, mutilation, puncture, rent, rip, run, rupture, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, sizzling, slash, snap, snapping, sore, spit, spitting, stab, stab wound, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench

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crackle

Snap

VB rap, snap, tap, knock, ping, click, clash, crack, crackle, crash, pop, slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham, brustle, burst on the ear, crepitate, rump, blow up, blow, detonate.

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