Crackle

crackle
    adj 1: 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: {crackle},
         {crackling}, {crepitation}]
    2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
       [syn: {crackle}, {crackleware}, {crackle china}]
    v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the
         bowl" [syn: {crepitate}, {crackle}]
    2: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the
       gravel" [syn: {crunch}, {scranch}, {scraunch}, {crackle}]
    3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of
       small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
    

Crackle \Crac"kle\, n.
   1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a
      crackling.
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            The crackle of fireworks.             --Carlyle.
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   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.
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   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.
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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.
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         The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.
                                                  --Dryden.
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "crackle":
      abrasion, blemish, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, clack, click,
      concussion, crack, cracking, crackling, craze, crepitate,
      crepitation, cut, decrepitate, decrepitation, flash burn, fracture,
      fray, frazzle, gall, gash, hurt, incision, injury, laceration,
      lesion, mortal wound, mutilation, puncture, rent, rip, run,
      rupture, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn,
      sizzling, slash, snap, snapping, sore, spit, spitting, stab,
      stab wound, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, wound,
      wounds immedicable, wrench