intransitive. To crackle, clatter; to roar (as flames).

intransitive. To crackle, hiss.

To crackle.

intransitive. To crackle.

intransitive. To make a harsh noise, esp. repeatedly; to creak, rattle; (in modern use) to crackle.

To make the noise that a hard body does when dashed to pieces or smashed; to make a loud confused noise as of many hard bodies dashing and breaking…

intransitive. To emit a rapid succession of slight cracks; to crepitate.

intransitive. To emit a succession of sharp crackling sounds.

intransitive. Of salts and minerals: To make a crackling noise when suddenly heated, accompanied by a violent disintegration of their particles.

Applied to the sound made by the feet in crushing slightly frozen snow; and to the action which produces it. Cf. crumple, v. 6.

intransitive. English regional (south-western). (a) To crackle, snap; (b) (esp. of rain or snow) to fall heavily; to patter. Now rare.

Applied to the action and accompanying sound of crushing under foot things moderately brittle; said also intransitive of the things so crushed. Cf…

intransitive. To make a thin, sharp sound; to emit a succession of such sounds.

intransitive. To emit a repeated sharp cracking sound.

To make a crackling sound, to crackle: spec. of the tissue of the lungs (also used of the action accompanying or producing this sound; cf. crepitation…