Thesaurus: crackle

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1. v. i. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
2. n. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
3. n. A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.
4. n. 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.
5. adj. having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
6. n. the sharp sound of snapping noises
7. n. glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
8. v. make a crackling sound
9. v. make a crushing noise
10. v. to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
11. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden. 1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. The crackle of fireworks. Carlyle. 2. (Med.) A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle. Quain. 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.
12. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises,rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thornscrackle.The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.