Pronunciation: /ˈkrak(ə)l/
verb
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make a rapid succession of short sharp noises: the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks
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give a sense of great tension or animation: attraction and antagonism were crackling between them
noun
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1a sound made up of a rapid succession of short sharp noises: there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone
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2 [mass noun] a pattern of minute surface cracks on paintwork, varnish, glazed ceramics, or glass.
Derivatives
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adjective (cracklier, crackliest)