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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crackle \Crac"kle\ (kr[a^]k"k'l), v. i. [Dim. of crack.] To make slight cracks; to make small sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crackle \Crac"kle\, n. 1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. The crackle of fireworks. --Carlyle. 2. (Med.) A kind of crackling sound or r[^a]le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as dry crackle; moist crackle. --Quain. 3. (Fine Arts) A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crackle adj : having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: {crackling}, {crepitation}] 2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface [syn: {crackleware}, {crackle china}] v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: {crepitate}] 2: make crunching noises; "his shoes wre crunching on the gravel" [syn: {crunch}, {scranch}, {scraunch}] 3: to become or to cause to become covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
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