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Definition of crackle in English: crackleverb ˈkrak(ə)lˈkræk(ə)l [no object]1Make a rapid succession of short sharp noises. the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks Example sentencesExamples - He could not hear the flames crackling around him, nor Sorcha calling for him to stop.
- Birds were calling at us, and leaves and sticks snapped and crackled beneath our feet.
- A speaker in the ceiling crackled loudly with some code and two nurses hurried up the hall.
- The wind sang its gentle desert lullaby, and the prisoners' fires crackled and snapped quietly.
- Then she crackled her knuckles and darted out into the Meadow, where she was greeted with an unfamiliar sight.
- A Fire crackled in the fireplace, and the furniture was in ok shape.
- The sound of his voice crackled loudly over the speaker, which couldn't quite keep up with his volume.
- The radio crackles again and we are called to a pub to deal with a fight that has broken out.
- She could hear leaves crackling underfoot as she and her father walked through the mountains in autumn.
- The fire in the fireplace crackled softly and set a soft glow upon the room.
- The radio transmitter crackled again and the pilot swore under his breath.
- Just as Kimberly was about to say something else, the intercom crackled to life.
- I sat curled up on the Victorian sofa watching the flames burn and crackle in the fireplace.
- A small fire crackled merrily on the hearth over which a kettle hung.
- Is there anything quite so snug and cozy, more redolent of home than a good fire crackling on the hearth?
- The fire crackled and sparked, sending small bits of flame into the crisp night air.
- He covered one wall and then another when his comm unit crackled again.
- Another bolt of lightning crackled loudly over their heads.
- Machine guns crackled across the late afternoon sky.
- Hunkered down in my studies, I'd hear the trailer suddenly begin to crackle like a beer can crushed in a fist.
Synonyms sizzle, frizzle, fizz, hiss, crack, snap, sputter technical decrepitate rare crepitate - 1.1 Give a sense of great tension or animation.
attraction and antagonism were crackling between them Example sentencesExamples - Every ball has resonated with meaning, every moment has crackled with tension.
- The room snapped and crackled with tension as every eyes turned towards her, observing her, cautiously, amusingly.
- Tommy seemed unaffected by the tension that crackled through the holding.
- The air between us seems to crackle and fizz with tension.
- The air crackled with the pure energy, making Kino's ears ring.
- The air crackled with energy while my body pulsed with it.
- Her line deliveries crackle with a wit and grace all but absent in today's market.
- Even the humans and the animals could sense something was wrong; everything around them crackled with tension.
- Chandler's words crackle and dance, amusing us while instilling a sense of impending doom.
- The former had called, but the conversations had been brief and crackling with tension.
- Just the thought of that garden, I admit, fills me with something crackling and sharp, an electric kind of longing.
- The air crackled with tension and Alec thought he was going to explode if he did not get answers soon.
- Nancy Dowd's script crackles with wit, while Newman is at his manipulative, womanising best.
- The fact that he himself is a murderer merely adds to the background tension that crackles from the first page.
- She told him how she sensed the tension crackling between us on the set.
- The tension that crackled between the two was enough to snap a board in half.
- The manager seemed cool, calm and collected as the place crackled with excitement and tension.
- Factory Records are in town and everyone I know is crackling with anticipation.
- The air in the Odyssey arena begins to crackle with excitement.
noun ˈkrak(ə)lˈkræk(ə)l 1A sound made up of a rapid succession of short sharp noises. there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone Example sentencesExamples - They sounded exactly the same as in the movie, with the radio crackle afterwards.
- There is lots of white noise in the track - crackles and pops that indicate age and handling mishaps.
- There was a dead silence in the room except for the occasional crackle of the jumping embers inside the fireplace.
- The cave was silent except for an occasional crackle from the dying fire.
- Above the static and the crackle of automatic gunfire there was the sound of sobbing and screaming.
- "All the time I was climbing over the wreckage, I could hear the crackle of flames.
- The sound is richer and free of the very occasional crackle and hiss that existed on the laserdisc.
- There was a loud crackle of flames, and it was over.
- Adam sat bold upright as the crackle of twigs breaking caught his attention.
- I threw it back and spun around when I heard a loud crackle.
- The music sometimes sounds a bit wobbly, and pops and crackles are heard throughout the mixes.
- Sharp crackles of escaping air fill the night already alive with the sounds of crickets.
- His boots clumped loudly on the stone floor, accompanied by the sharp crackle of burning wood.
- Chest examination revealed fine late inspiratory crackles with otherwise normal breath sounds.
- My hands tingle and I hiss as the slight, uncomfortable crackle of electricity.
- She closed her eyes and listened to the soft crackle of the warm campfire.
- Auscultation of the lungs revealed inspiratory crackles in the lower lung zones.
- A crackle of thunder ripped through the darkening sky and the rain became more intense.
- The only sound was the soft crackle of flames and crickets chirping in the field.
- The crackle of gunfire could be heard over the noon call to prayer.
Synonyms crackle, crackling, buzz, buzzing, hiss, hissing, sizzle, sizzling, crack, sputter, white noise 2mass noun A pattern of minute surface cracks on paintwork, varnish, glazed ceramics, or glass. Example sentencesExamples - The crackle varnish of recent years provides a geological quality probably inspired by the Porcelain series of works by a 1990s collaborator, Heather Straka.
- The surface of the drawing was then polished, and parts were carefully burnt in with a heat lamp, producing a crackle pattern.
- She also creates crackle finishes, which makes the frame truly customized.
- Vary the thickness of your crackle glaze until you obtain the desired appearance.
Derivatives adjectivecrackliest, cracklier Superb costumes and well-executed scenery changes made up for crackly sound and a first-half that dragged a little. Example sentencesExamples - So far I've teased three clips out, and they're not just fuzzy and crackly, they're very small.
- I remember hearing the speech of King George V on a crackly radio.
- A crackly voice echoed out of radio sets across Afghanistan.
- I had to cast a spell, which required making claw-hands and issuing some sort of crackly lightning sounds.
- I think it's great apart from the sound quality that goes crackly for about a minute then is fine for two then crackly again.
Origin Late Middle English: from crack + -le4. Rhymes cackle, grackle, hackle, jackal, mackle, shackle Definition of crackle in US English: crackleverbˈkræk(ə)lˈkrak(ə)l [no object]1Make a rapid succession of slight cracking noises. the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks Example sentencesExamples - Just as Kimberly was about to say something else, the intercom crackled to life.
- A Fire crackled in the fireplace, and the furniture was in ok shape.
- Is there anything quite so snug and cozy, more redolent of home than a good fire crackling on the hearth?
- A speaker in the ceiling crackled loudly with some code and two nurses hurried up the hall.
- The fire crackled and sparked, sending small bits of flame into the crisp night air.
- A small fire crackled merrily on the hearth over which a kettle hung.
- The wind sang its gentle desert lullaby, and the prisoners' fires crackled and snapped quietly.
- The fire in the fireplace crackled softly and set a soft glow upon the room.
- He covered one wall and then another when his comm unit crackled again.
- Another bolt of lightning crackled loudly over their heads.
- The radio transmitter crackled again and the pilot swore under his breath.
- She could hear leaves crackling underfoot as she and her father walked through the mountains in autumn.
- Machine guns crackled across the late afternoon sky.
- Birds were calling at us, and leaves and sticks snapped and crackled beneath our feet.
- The sound of his voice crackled loudly over the speaker, which couldn't quite keep up with his volume.
- I sat curled up on the Victorian sofa watching the flames burn and crackle in the fireplace.
- The radio crackles again and we are called to a pub to deal with a fight that has broken out.
- Then she crackled her knuckles and darted out into the Meadow, where she was greeted with an unfamiliar sight.
- Hunkered down in my studies, I'd hear the trailer suddenly begin to crackle like a beer can crushed in a fist.
- He could not hear the flames crackling around him, nor Sorcha calling for him to stop.
Synonyms sizzle, frizzle, fizz, hiss, crack, snap, sputter - 1.1 Give a sense of great tension or animation.
attraction and antagonism were crackling between them Example sentencesExamples - The air between us seems to crackle and fizz with tension.
- The air crackled with tension and Alec thought he was going to explode if he did not get answers soon.
- She told him how she sensed the tension crackling between us on the set.
- Tommy seemed unaffected by the tension that crackled through the holding.
- The fact that he himself is a murderer merely adds to the background tension that crackles from the first page.
- The manager seemed cool, calm and collected as the place crackled with excitement and tension.
- Every ball has resonated with meaning, every moment has crackled with tension.
- Factory Records are in town and everyone I know is crackling with anticipation.
- The air crackled with energy while my body pulsed with it.
- Chandler's words crackle and dance, amusing us while instilling a sense of impending doom.
- Just the thought of that garden, I admit, fills me with something crackling and sharp, an electric kind of longing.
- The room snapped and crackled with tension as every eyes turned towards her, observing her, cautiously, amusingly.
- The former had called, but the conversations had been brief and crackling with tension.
- Her line deliveries crackle with a wit and grace all but absent in today's market.
- Even the humans and the animals could sense something was wrong; everything around them crackled with tension.
- Nancy Dowd's script crackles with wit, while Newman is at his manipulative, womanising best.
- The air crackled with the pure energy, making Kino's ears ring.
- The air in the Odyssey arena begins to crackle with excitement.
- The tension that crackled between the two was enough to snap a board in half.
nounˈkræk(ə)lˈkrak(ə)l 1A sound made up of a rapid succession of slight cracking sounds. there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone Example sentencesExamples - The only sound was the soft crackle of flames and crickets chirping in the field.
- Chest examination revealed fine late inspiratory crackles with otherwise normal breath sounds.
- The sound is richer and free of the very occasional crackle and hiss that existed on the laserdisc.
- There was a dead silence in the room except for the occasional crackle of the jumping embers inside the fireplace.
- Sharp crackles of escaping air fill the night already alive with the sounds of crickets.
- There was a loud crackle of flames, and it was over.
- The crackle of gunfire could be heard over the noon call to prayer.
- The music sometimes sounds a bit wobbly, and pops and crackles are heard throughout the mixes.
- My hands tingle and I hiss as the slight, uncomfortable crackle of electricity.
- I threw it back and spun around when I heard a loud crackle.
- There is lots of white noise in the track - crackles and pops that indicate age and handling mishaps.
- Adam sat bold upright as the crackle of twigs breaking caught his attention.
- A crackle of thunder ripped through the darkening sky and the rain became more intense.
- They sounded exactly the same as in the movie, with the radio crackle afterwards.
- The cave was silent except for an occasional crackle from the dying fire.
- "All the time I was climbing over the wreckage, I could hear the crackle of flames.
- She closed her eyes and listened to the soft crackle of the warm campfire.
- Auscultation of the lungs revealed inspiratory crackles in the lower lung zones.
- His boots clumped loudly on the stone floor, accompanied by the sharp crackle of burning wood.
- Above the static and the crackle of automatic gunfire there was the sound of sobbing and screaming.
Synonyms crackle, crackling, buzz, buzzing, hiss, hissing, sizzle, sizzling, crack, sputter, white noise 2A pattern of minute surface cracks on painted or varnished surfaces, glazed ceramics, or glass. Example sentencesExamples - Vary the thickness of your crackle glaze until you obtain the desired appearance.
- She also creates crackle finishes, which makes the frame truly customized.
- The crackle varnish of recent years provides a geological quality probably inspired by the Porcelain series of works by a 1990s collaborator, Heather Straka.
- The surface of the drawing was then polished, and parts were carefully burnt in with a heat lamp, producing a crackle pattern.
Origin Late Middle English: from crack + -le. |