[syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle]
3. to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks;
- Example: "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware;
- Example: "a crackle glaze"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"
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