4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crackle \Crac"kle\, n. 1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. [1913 Webster] The crackle of fireworks. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: crackle adj : 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: {crackling}, {crepitation}] 2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface [syn: {crackleware}, {crackle china}] v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: {crepitate}] 2: make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: {crunch}, {scranch}, {scraunch}] 3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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
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