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Definition of Crackle

1. Noun. The sharp sound of snapping noises.

2. Verb. Make a crackling sound. "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl"

3. Adjective. Having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware. "A crackle glaze"

4. Noun. Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.

5. Verb. Make a crushing noise. "His shoes were crunching on the gravel"

6. Verb. To become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks. "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

Definition of Crackle

1. v. i. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

2. n. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

Definition of Crackle

1. to make a succession of snapping sounds [v -LED, -LING, -LES]

Medical Definition of Crackle

1. Short, sharp, or rough sounds heard with a stethoscope over the chest. Most often heard in pleurisy with fibrinous exudate. Origin: echoic (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackle

cracker cracker-barrel crackerberry crackerjack crackerjacks crackers cracker bonbon cracker box cracker crumbs crackhead

crackheads cracking crackings crackjaw crackle (current term) crackle (current term) crackled crackles crackleware cracklewares

crackle china cracklier crackliest crackling cracklings crackling jaw crackling rale crackly cracknel cracknels

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