Dictionary

crackle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹækəl/

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.

Meanings

1. A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
   • The best clothes which every one put on helped the general effect; it seemed that no lady could sit down without bending a clean starched petticoat, and no gentleman could breathe without a sudden crackle from a stiff shirt-front. 1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
   • Then a superincumbent bundle rolled down, with a whisking noise, flames elongated, and bent themselves about with a quiet roar, but no crackle. 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
   • There was an annoying crackle during the phone call, due to poor connection.
   • I heard a crackle from the frying pan as I was frying bacon.
2. 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; […]. 1871, Henry George Bohn, A Guide to the Knowledge of Pottery, Porcelain, and Other Objects of Vertu […] , London: G. Bell & sons, page xx:
3. 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.
4. 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. 2017, Edgar Maranan, Len Maranan-Goldstein, A Taste of Home: Pinoy Expats and Food Memories:

Forms

Deriveds

pork crackle · chocolate crackle · crackle glass · crackleware

Relateds

craze

Synonyms

crackling · crepitation

Translations (24)

de Craquelé (style of glaze) · nb sprak (a fizzing, popping sound) · fi risahdus (a fizzing, popping sound) · bg пукане (a fizzing, popping sound) · nb spraking (a fizzing, popping sound) · uk трі́скіт (a fizzing, popping sound) · is snark (a fizzing, popping sound) · mi pakepakē (a fizzing, popping sound) · cmn 劈里啪啦的響聲 /劈里啪啦的响声 (a fizzing, popping sound) · fr crépitement (a fizzing, popping sound) · uk тріск (a fizzing, popping sound) · fr craquelé (style of glaze) · pt estalo (a fizzing, popping sound) · it crepitio (a fizzing, popping sound) · bg пращене (a fizzing, popping sound) · es chisporroteo (a fizzing, popping sound) · es crujido (a fizzing, popping sound) · ru треск (a fizzing, popping sound) · gl estalo (a fizzing, popping sound) · hu recsegés (a fizzing, popping sound) · it scoppiettio (a fizzing, popping sound) · pt estalido (a fizzing, popping sound) · fi rasahdus (a fizzing, popping sound) · de Knistern (a fizzing, popping sound)

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crackle en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹækəl/

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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.
   • He felt the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats and wild insurgences—surely this was the stuff to write about! He wanted to glorify the leaders of forlorn hopes, the mad lovers, the giants that fought under stress and strain, amid terror and tragedy, making life crackle with the strength of their endeavor. 1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XIV, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC, page 117:
   • the unknown ice that crackles underneath them 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
   • a crackling fire
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be full of tension or emotion.
   • The last scenes of the film crackle with repressed sexual energy.

Forms

Deriveds

crackling · crackly · crackling microstar · cracklingly

Synonyms

fizzle · sizzle

Translations (34)

de knistern (make a prolonged cracking sound) · eo kraketi (make a prolonged cracking sound) · tyz bjáp bjáp (make a prolonged cracking sound) · fi rasahtaa (make a prolonged cracking sound) · ru треща́ть (make a prolonged cracking sound) · sv knastra (make a prolonged cracking sound) · fi ritistä (make a prolonged cracking sound) · tyz bíp bjáp (make a prolonged cracking sound) · uk тріща́ти (make a prolonged cracking sound) · nl kraken (make a prolonged cracking sound) · es crepitar (make a prolonged cracking sound) · cho bʋsakʋchi (make a prolonged cracking sound) · cmn 劈啪作响 (make a prolonged cracking sound) · hu recseg (make a prolonged cracking sound) · gl estalar (make a prolonged cracking sound) · pt estalar (make a prolonged cracking sound) · fr crépiter (make a prolonged cracking sound) · it crepitare (make a prolonged cracking sound) · pt crepitar (make a prolonged cracking sound) · fi risahtaa (make a prolonged cracking sound) · nl knetteren (make a prolonged cracking sound) · uk шкварча́ти (make a prolonged cracking sound) · fi ratista (make a prolonged cracking sound) · sv spraka (make a prolonged cracking sound) · mi pāhūhū (make a prolonged cracking sound) · bg пукам (make a prolonged cracking sound) · cmn 發出爆裂聲 /发出爆裂声 (make a prolonged cracking sound) · nb sprake (make a prolonged cracking sound) · mi ngatete (make a prolonged cracking sound) · bg пращя (make a prolonged cracking sound) · is snarka (make a prolonged cracking sound) · mi pākēkē (make a prolonged cracking sound) · gl estralexar (make a prolonged cracking sound) · nrf cratchi (make a prolonged cracking sound)

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