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[ krak-ling or, for 2, 3, -luhn ] / ˈkræk lɪŋ or, for 2, 3, -lən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crackling ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated. the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork. Usually cracklings. Southern U.S. the crisp residue left when fat, especially hog or chicken fat, is rendered. Origin of cracklingFirst recorded in 1540–50; crackle + -ing1 Words nearby cracklingcrackie, cracking, crackjaw, crackle, crackleware, crackling, crackly, cracknel, crack of dawn, crack of doom, crack on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cracklingHe has a lean, crackling energy about him, a sense of dramatic flourish, a resonant voice that is not unaware of its own music. Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life|Chimamanda Adichie|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST They danced to music pounding from the crackling speakers, sipped beers and then parted. Liberia’s Child Prostitutes|Clair MacDougall|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Zosia Mamet is spectacular in the second episode on premiere night, showing off some crackling comedic timing. The New Season of ‘Girls’ Is Just Good. Can We Handle That?|Kevin Fallon|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The subsidiary fair, Volta, was crackling; there, I ran into Katelijne de Backer of the Armory. Live From Art Basel|Anthony Haden-Guest|June 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A soft breeze brought us the thrilling sounds of sharp firing, the crackling of machine-guns. Six Women and the Invasion|Gabrielle Yerta They followed her into a library, in which a wood fire was crackling merrily in the chimney-place. On Your Mark!|Ralph Henry Barbour Then we heard a crackling of whips and a rumbling of wheels. British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours|Reginald Hodder In a few minutes the three hunters were before a crackling fire. The Mysterious Island|Jules Verne "'The laughter of fools is as the crackling of thorns under a pot,'" was the somewhat severe answer. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia|Amanda Minnie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for crackling
nounthe crisp browned skin of roast pork Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cracklingsparkle, sound, break, snap, crinkle, crepitate, decrepitate |