noun. The production of a succession of slight sharp snapping noises.

noun. The crisp bits that remain after rendering fat from meat or frying or roasting the skin, especially of a pig or a goose.

noun. The making or emitting of small, abrupt, frequently repeated cracks or reports.

noun. The browned skin of roast pig.

noun. plural In the United States, the crisp residue of hogs' fat after the lard has been tried out.

noun. In Great Britain, a kind of cake used for dogs' food, made from the refuse of tallow-melting.

noun. Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeve by members of St. John's College, Cambridge, England.

noun. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

noun. The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.

noun. Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.

noun. Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.

noun. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

verb. Present participle of crackle.

noun. the sharp sound of snapping noises

noun. the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered

"It was a magnificent display of the phenomenon, and I feel certain that my attention was first attracted to it by the crackling sound which appeared to accompany the motion of the pale flames as they streamed across the sky; indeed, _crackling_, is not the word that properly describes the sound I heard, which was precisely that made by the _flickering_ of blazing fire; and as I have often since read and heard discussions upon the question whether the motion of the aurora is or is not accompanied by an audible sound, I can only say that on this occasion it was the sound that first induced me to observe the sheets of white light that were leaping up the sky."

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