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crackling en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
By surface analysis, crackle + -ing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
—With wreathing spire
Up went the crackling flame,—and that old man
Forgetful of his anguish, boldly cried
—"Courage, my brother!—we this day will light
Such fire in christendom, as ne'er shall die."
1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Latimer and Ridley, page 68:
Translations (24)
lt spirgas (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · mk клиса (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · lt spirgutis (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · gsw Grüübi (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · de Griebenschmalz (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · mi kiripaka (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · lt spirginys (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · gl torresmo (crispy pork rind) · gl roxón (crispy pork rind) · th หมูกรอบ (crispy pork rind) · pl skwarka (crispy pork rind) · mk џимиринка (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · pl skwarek (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · la callosum (crispy pork rind) · sh čvarak (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · mk пршка (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · da flæskesvær (crispy pork rind) · gl torresmo (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · gl roxón (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · pl skwarka (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · fr couenne rissolee (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · pl skwarek (crispy pork rind) · pt torresmo (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking) · ru шква́рки (fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking)
crackling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
By surface analysis, crackle + -ing.
Meanings
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(US, countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
For the first time in his life […]he tasted crackling.
1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
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(countable, in UK, singular, uncountable) The crispy rind of roast pork.
To make chicken crackling, use 500 g (1 lb 1V2 oz) chicken skin. Wash and remove excess fats.
2011 February 28, Arlene Diego, Step by Step Cooking Filipino: Delightful Ideas for Everyday Meals, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN, page 54:
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(countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
... but often forgotten are the equally delicious chicken cracklings. In this recipe, baguette slices spread with a delicious maple and sea salt butter are baked, then topped with crispy pan-fried chicken skin, sweet soft dates,[…]
2016 October 4, Eva Kosmas Flores, Adventures in Chicken: 150 Amazing Recipes from the Creator of AdventuresInCooking.com, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 26:
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(countable, uncountable) The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
the bangs and cracklings of fireworks
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(countable, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
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(countable, uncountable) Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
Forms
Deriveds
pork crackling
Synonyms
cracklin(s)
crackling en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
By surface analysis, crackle + -ing.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of crackle
Relateds
pork rind