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crackle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crackle has 2 senses
- crackle(n = noun.event) crackling, crepitation - the sharp sound of snapping noises; Array has particulars: decrepitation
- crackle(n = noun.artifact) crackle china, crackleware - glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface; Array is a kind of china
is a kind of noise
Derived form verb crackle1
Verb crackle has 3 senses
- crackle(v = verb.perception) crepitate - make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl" is one way to rattle
- crackle(v = verb.communication) crunch, scranch, scraunch - make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" is one way to make noise, noise, resound
- crackle(v = verb.change) Array - to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand" is one way to alter, change, vary
Derived forms noun crackle1, noun crackling2
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Adjective crackle has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
crackle, v. i. [Dim. of crack.].
To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. [1913 Webster]
"The unknown ice that crackles underneath them."
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crackle, n.
- The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. [1913 Webster]"The crackle of fireworks." [1913 Webster]
- A kind of crackling sound or r
as, dry crackle; moist crackle. Quain. [1913 Webster] - 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crackle, v. & n.
--v.intr. make a repeated slight cracking sound (radio crackled; fire was crackling).
--n.
1 such a sound.
2 a paintwork, china, or glass decorated with a pattern of minute surface cracks. b the smooth surface of such paintwork etc.
--v.intr. make a repeated slight cracking sound (radio crackled; fire was crackling).
--n.
1 such a sound.
2 a paintwork, china, or glass decorated with a pattern of minute surface cracks. b the smooth surface of such paintwork etc.
Derivative
crackly adj.
Etymology
CRACK + -LE(4)
THESAURUS
crackle
abrasion, blemish, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, clack, click, concussion, crack, cracking, crackling, craze, crepitate, crepitation, cut, decrepitate, decrepitation, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, gall, gash, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, mortal wound, mutilation, puncture, rent, rip, run, rupture, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, sizzling, slash, snap, snapping, sore, spit, spitting, stab, stab wound, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, wound, wounds immedicable, wrenchROGET THESAURUS
crackle
Snap
VB rap, snap, tap, knock, ping, click, clash, crack, crackle, crash, pop, slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham, brustle, burst on the ear, crepitate, rump, blow up, blow, detonate.
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