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Meaning of 'crackle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crackle [ n.]
- The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
- A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.
- 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.
2 . Crackle [ v. i.]
- To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

Meaning of 'crackle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crackle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a crushing noise
Example in sentence:
  • his shoes were crunching on the gravel
Meaning (2):
- make a crackling sound
Example in sentence:
  • My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl
Meaning (3):
- to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
Example in sentence:
  • The blazing sun crackled the desert sand
4 . crackle [ s]
Meaning (4):
- having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
Example in sentence:
  • a crackle glaze

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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