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Crackle
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- 1 having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware wordnet
- 1 A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
"I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon."
- 2 glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface wordnet
- 3 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; […]."
- 4 the sharp sound of snapping noises wordnet
- 5 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.
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- 6 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."
- 1 To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping. intransitive
"a crackling fire"
- 2 to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks wordnet
- 3 To be full of tension or emotion. figuratively, intransitive
"The last scenes of the film crackle with repressed sexual energy."
- 4 make a crushing noise wordnet
- 5 make a crackling sound wordnet
Etymology
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.
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.
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