 crackle |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the sharp sound of snapping noises | |
| Synonyms: | crepitation crackling | |
| Related terms: | noise crepitation_rale decrepitation crepitate | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make a crackling sound | |
| Synonyms: | crepitate | |
| Examples: | "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl" |
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| Related terms: | rattle | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make crunching noises | |
| Synonyms: | crunch scraunch scranch | |
| Examples: | "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" |
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| Related terms: | make_noise | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants | |
| Synonyms: | thud crunch scrunch scranch scraunch crump | |
| Related terms: | go make_noise crump crunch | |
| 5. | [ verb ] to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; | |
| Examples: | "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware | |
| Examples: | "a crackle glaze" |
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| Related terms: | fancy | |
| 7. | [ noun ] glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface | |
| Synonyms: | crackle_china crackleware | |
| Related terms: | china | |
| Similar spelling: |
crackled creakily crocolite crackling creaseless cracklings crucial Cragle Crosley Crisler Crigler Crichlow Crossley Crecelius |
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