intransitive verb. To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises.

intransitive verb. To show liveliness, energy, or intensity.

intransitive verb. To become covered with a network of fine cracks; craze.

intransitive verb. To crush (paper, for example) with sharp snapping sounds.

intransitive verb. To cause (china, for example) to become covered with a network of fine cracks.

noun. The act or sound of crackling.

noun. undefined

noun. A network of fine cracks on the surface of glazed pottery, china, or glassware.

noun. Crackleware.

noun. In pathology, same as crepitant rále (which see. under rále).

To make slight cracks, or sudden sharp, explosive noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; crepitate: as, burning thorns crackle.

To quaver in singing.

In lute-playing, to play the tones of a chord in succession instead of simultaneously. See arpeggio.

To cover with a network of minute cracks, as porcelain or glass.

noun. One of a series of small, sharp, quickly repeated noises, such as are made by a burning fire; crackling.

noun. A small crack; specifically, a network of cracks characterizing the surface-glaze of some kinds of porcelain and fine pottery.

intransitive verb. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate.

noun. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

noun. A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs.

noun. 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.

noun. A fizzing, popping sound.

noun. A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.

noun. The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.

verb. To make a fizzing, popping sound.

adjective. having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware

noun. the sharp sound of snapping noises

verb. make a crackling sound

verb. to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks

noun. glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface

verb. make a crushing noise

"Where I hunt, radio crackle is becoming as common as the jackhammer pounding of sapsuckers and three-toed woodpeckers."

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