crackle

4 definitions found

crackle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Crackle \Crac"kle\, n.
     1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a
        crackling.
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              The crackle of fireworks.             --Carlyle.
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     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.
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     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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  Crackle \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.
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           The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.
                                                    --Dryden.
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crackle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  crackle
      adj 1: having the surface decorated with a network of fine
             cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"
      n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle,
           crackling, crepitation]
      2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
         [syn: crackle, crackleware, crackle china]
      v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the
           bowl" [syn: crepitate, crackle]
      2: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the
         gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle]
      3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of
         small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

crackle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "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