That's funny. The speaker is crackling.
Source: tatoeba (65110)
Crackling
/ˈkɹæk(ə)lɪŋ/
Synonyms for "crackling" (37 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
15 entriescrackle glazecrackle patterncrackling pacecrackling tempocrackling witcrazed glazeelectric atmosphereelectric crackleelectrical cracklefire cracklepork cracklingpork rindradio cracklestatic crackletense energy
Collocations
11 entriescrackling atmospherecrackling energycrackling firecrackling glazecrackling heatcrackling noisecrackling skincrackling soundcrackling texturefire cracklepork crackling
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The fire was crackling cheerily.
Source: tatoeba (6000184)
Dr. Mortimer turned the manuscript to the light, and read in a high, crackling voice the following curious, old-world narrative.
Source: tatoeba (6605702)
There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire.
Source: tatoeba (6621057)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.