He spake, and nearer through the city came / the roar, the crackle and the fiery glow / of conflagration, rolling floods of flame.
Source: tatoeba (6876611)
Crackle
//ˈkɹækəl//
Synonyms for "crackle" (74 found)
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57 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- пращене noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- пукане noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- пращя verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- пукам verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 劈里啪啦的響聲 /劈里啪啦的响声 noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- 劈啪作响 verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- 發出爆裂聲 /发出爆裂声 verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Dutch
2 entries- knetteren verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- kraken verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Esperanto
1 entries- kraketi verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Finnish
4 entries- rasahdus noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- risahdus noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- rasahtaa verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- ratista verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
French
3 entries- craquelé noun (style of glaze)
- crépitement noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- crépiter verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Galician
3 entries- estalo noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- estalar verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- estralexar verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
German
3 entries- Craquelé noun (style of glaze)
- Knistern noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- knistern verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Hungarian
2 entries- recsegés noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- recseg verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Icelandic
2 entries- snark noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- snarka verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Italian
3 entries- crepitio noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- scoppiettio noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- crepitare verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Māori
4 entries- pakepakē noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- ngatete verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- pāhūhū verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- pākēkē verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Norman
1 entries- cratchi verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- sprak noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- spraking noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- sprake verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Portuguese
4 entries- estalido noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- estalo noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- crepitar verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- estalar verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Russian
2 entries- треск noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- треща́ть verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Spanish
3 entries- chisporroteo noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- crujido noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- crepitar verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Swedish
2 entries- knastra verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- spraka verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Tày
2 entries- bjáp bjáp verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- bíp bjáp verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Ukrainian
4 entries- трі́скіт noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- тріск noun (a fizzing, popping sound)
- тріща́ти verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
- шкварча́ти verb (make a prolonged cracking sound)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
His thick fingers crackle across a large packet containing empty purple sachets labeled alcohol swabs, used syringes and a plastic sheath that a few minutes ago contained lactate solution.
Source: tatoeba (11001861)
I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon.
Source: wiktionary
There was an annoying crackle during the phone call, due to poor connection.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.