About The Word Crackle
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Crackle
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What's The Definition Of Crackle?
[n] glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
[n] the sharp sound of snapping noises [adj] having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" [v] to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand" [v] make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [v] make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crackle: crackle china | crackleware | crackling | crepitate | crepitation | crunch | fancy | scranch | scraunch Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | wrench See Also | alter | change | china | decrepitation | make noise | noise | noise | rattle | resound | vary Crackle In Webster's Dictionary \Crac"kle\ (kr[a^]k"k'l), 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.
The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.
--Dryden.
\Crac"kle\, n. 1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. The crackle of fireworks. --Carlyle. 2. (Med.) A kind of crackling sound or r[^a]le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle. --Quain. 3. (Fine Arts) 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. |
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