- (v.i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
- (n.) The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
- (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.
- (n.) A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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