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crackle

 
Adjective crackle has 1 sense
  1. crackle - having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"
    Antonym:
    plain (indirect, via fancy)
Noun crackle has 2 senses
  1. crackle, crackling, crepitation - the sharp sound of snapping noises
    --1 is a kind of noise
    --1 has particulars: decrepitation
    Derived form: verb crackle1
  2. crackle, crackleware, crackle china - glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
    --2 is a kind of china
Verb crackle has 3 senses
  1. crepitate, crackle - make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the bowl"
    --1 is one way to rattle
    Derived forms: noun crackle1, noun crackling1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle - make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
    --2 is one way to make noise, resound, noise
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. crackle - to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
    --3 is one way to
    change, alter, vary
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    It is ----ing
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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