Meaning of CRACKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'krakul
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- [n] glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
- [n] the sharp sound of snapping noises
- [adj] having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"
- [v] to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
- [v] make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
- [v] make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl"
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| | Synonyms: | | crackle china, crackleware, crackling, crepitate, crepitation, crunch, fancy, scranch, scraunch |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, china, decrepitation, make noise, noise, noise, rattle, resound, vary | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.
--Dryden.
\Crac"kle\, n.
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 r[^a]le, 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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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