[krak-ling or, for 2, 3, -luh
n] 
| 1. | the making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated. |
| 2. | the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork. |
| 3. | Usually, cracklings. Southern U.S. the crisp residue left when fat, esp. hog or chicken fat, is rendered. |
| crack·ling (krāk'lĭng) n.
[Sense 2, Dutch krakeling, from obsolete Dutch kraeckelingh, from Middle Dutch krākelinc, from krāken, to crack; see cracknel.] |