crackle

Plural: crackles

Noun

• the sharp sound of snapping noises
• glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
• A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
• A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
• The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
• Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”).

Verb

Verb Forms: crackled, crackling, crackles

• To make a series of short, sharp, snapping sounds.
• make a crackling sound
  • "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl"
• make a crushing noise
• to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
  • "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
• To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.
• Misspelling of cackle.

Adjective Satellite

• having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
  • "a crackle glaze"

Examples

• I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon.
• The game board seemed to CRACKLE with tension as the final turns approached in Scrabble.
• There was an annoying crackle during the phone call, due to poor connection.

Synonyms

crackle china, crackleware, crackling, crepitate, crepitation, crunch, scranch, scraunch

Related Words

craze

Anagrams of crackle