crackle
/ˈkɹækəl/
crackle noun: a prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
Noun
crackle (plural crackles)
- A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
- I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon.
- There was an annoying crackle during the phone call, due to poor connection.
- Synonyms:
- crepitation
- A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
- The Chinese attach great value to their crackle, which, though it looks like damaged glaze, is produced by art; […].1871, Henry George Bohn, A Guide to the Knowledge of Pottery, Porcelain, and Other Objects of Vertu […] , London: G. Bell & sons, page xx
- 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.
- Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”).
- By the look on my face I must have anticipated the joy of the crackle, apparently having come to look forward to the roast pig that appeared only at gatherings such as this. I bet I asked for another piece once I was done.2017, Edgar Maranan, Len Maranan-Goldstein, A Taste of Home: Pinoy Expats and Food Memories
- Synonyms:
- crackling
Verb
crackle (third-person singular simple present crackles, present participle crackling, simple past and past participle crackled)
- To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.
- a crackling fire
- the unknown ice that crackles underneath them1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)
- To be full of tension or emotion.
- The last scenes of the film crackle with repressed sexual energy.
crackle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
crackle in Hindi
- to crackle, thunder
- कड़कड़ाना kaṛkaṛānā, कड़कना kaṛaknā
- to crackle
- मुरमुराना murmurānā
crackle in Tamil
- முறிவுஒலி, முறிவொலி, முறிவு, சடசடவென்ற வெடிப்பு, சடசடவென்று ஒலிசெய், முறிவொலி செய்
crackle in Urdu
- کڑکنا
crackle in Malayalam
- പടപട പൊട്ടുക, പൊടിയുന്ന ശബ്ദം, പടപടശബ്ദം
More languagesFewer languages
- crackle in Kannada
- ಕಟಕಟೆನ್ನು
- crackle in Sanskrit
- स्फोटयति sphoṭayati, स्तनयति stanáyati, स्फुटति sphuṭáti, स्फुट् sphuṭ
Examples of crackle in a sentence
- Then a superincumbent bundle rolled down, with a whisking noise, flames elongated, and bent themselves about with a quiet roar, but no crackle.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
- He wanted to glorify the leaders of forlorn hopes, the mad lovers, the giants that fought under stress and strain, amid terror and tragedy, making life crackle with the strength of their endeavor.1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XIV, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909...
Synonyms of crackle
Forms of crackle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | crackles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | crackles |
| present participle | crackling |
| past participle | crackled |
| past | crackled |
Origin of crackle
From Middle English crakelen, equivalent to crack + -le (frequentative suffix). The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
Words formed from crackle
Phrases with crackle
Words that rhyme with crackle
Questions about crackle
- What does crackle mean?
- Crackle means a prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
- What is crackle in Hindi?
- Crackle in Hindi is कड़कड़ाना (kaṛkaṛānā), कड़कना (kaṛaknā), मुरमुराना (murmurānā). See Crackle meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use crackle in a sentence?
- Then a superincumbent bundle rolled down, with a whisking noise, flames elongated, and bent themselves about with a quiet roar, but no crackle.
- What part of speech is crackle?
- Crackle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce crackle?
- Crackle is pronounced /ˈkɹækəl/.
- What is the plural of crackle?
- The plural of crackle is crackles.
Words near crackle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crackle (page history and authors); कड़कड़ाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); crackle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crackle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crackle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crackle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्तनयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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