cracklePronunciation: /ˈkrak(ə)l/Translate crackle | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of crackle verb [no object] make a rapid succession of short sharp noises:the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks give a sense of great tension or animation:attraction and antagonism were crackling between them noun 1a sound made up of a rapid succession of short sharp noises:there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone 2 [mass noun] a pattern of minute surface cracks on paintwork, varnish, glazed ceramics, or glass. Derivatives crackly adjective (cracklier, crackliest)Origin: late Middle English: from crack + -le4crackle in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of crackle in the US English dictionary
