Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crackle
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ækəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crackle
    Meaning: having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crackle, crackling, crepitation
    Meaning: the sharp sound of snapping noises
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crepitate, crackle
    Meaning: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl"
  • Synonyms: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle
    Meaning: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
  • Synonyms: crackle
    Meaning: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
Usage examples
  • His face was so dry and grimy that he thought he could feel his skin crackle.
  • We have great fireplaces, and in them the logs roar and crackle during the long winter evenings.
  • Then Alfred, King of England, Bade blow the horns of war, And fling the Golden Dragon out, With crackle and acclaim and shout, Scrolled and aflame and far.
  • Adjusting the mechanism, and seeing that it was in good shape, Tom took his place in one of the two seats, for the monoplane would carry two. Mr. Jackson then spun the propellers, and, with a crackle and roar the motor started.