crackle
crackled; crackles; crackly
To crackle is to make short, sharp cracking noises. A roaring fire in your wood stove crackles as it burns.
Fires crackle, as small branches pop and snap from the heat, and a voice over an intercom might crackle with static. You could also describe the sound of your feet on dried leaves and branches as you walk through the woods as a crackle. A visual crackle, as opposed to one you hear, appears as tiny cracks in the surface: "I like that crackle effect on your table."
Definitions of crackle
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make a crackling sound
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make a crushing noise
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the sharp sound of snapping noises
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synonyms:
crackling, crepitation
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types:
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decrepitation
the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated
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type of:
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noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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decrepitation
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to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
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glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
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synonyms:
crackle china, crackleware
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type of:
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china
high quality porcelain originally made only in China
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china
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having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware“a crackle glaze”
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Synonyms:
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fancy
not plain; decorative or ornamented
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fancy
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