Definition of Crackle

1. Noun. The sharp sound of snapping noises.

Exact synonyms: Crackling, Crepitation
Specialized synonyms: Decrepitation
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Crepitate

2. Verb. Make a crackling sound. "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl"
Exact synonyms: Crepitate
Generic synonyms: Rattle
Derivative terms: Crackling, Crepitation

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

4. Noun. Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.
Exact synonyms: Crackle China, Crackleware
Generic synonyms: China

5. Verb. Make a crushing noise. "His shoes were crunching on the gravel"
Exact synonyms: Crunch, Scranch, Scraunch
Generic synonyms: Make Noise, Noise, Resound
Specialized synonyms: Crump, Scrunch, Thud
Derivative terms: Crunch

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

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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