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Crackle   /krˈækəl/   Listen
Crackle

noun
1.
The sharp sound of snapping noises.  Synonyms: crackling, crepitation.
2.
Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.  Synonyms: crackle china, crackleware.
verb
1.
Make a crackling sound.  Synonym: crepitate.
2.
Make a crushing noise.  Synonyms: crunch, scranch, scraunch.
3.
To become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks.
adjective
1.
Having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware.



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"Crackle" Quotes from Famous Books



... sea that swirling tower of scarlet flame hurled its illumination. For miles on every hand it could be seen. The sound of its crackle and hiss and roar was deafening. The twigs, dry and dead, caught fire from the surrounding blaze of moss, and communicated their flame to the thicker branches and ...
— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune
 
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... board with cups and spoons is crown'd, The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: 110 At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich ...
— The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1 • Alexander Pope et al
 
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... minutes more, and then set to work quietly, after the fashion of English mastiffs, though they waxed right mad before three rounds were fired, and the white splinters began to crackle and fly. ...
— The Junior Classics • Various
 
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... almost imagine I heard the crash away off here, even with all that thunder from Big Berthas and the crackle of hundreds ...
— Air Service Boys Flying for Victory - or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold • Charles Amory Beach
 
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... There was a crackle and Retief stiffened. Magnan heard a sharp intake of breath. The globe slowed, and Retief shook ...
— Gambler's World • John Keith Laumer
 
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