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[krak-uhl]

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verb (used without object)

to make slight, sudden, sharp noises, rapidly repeated.

to form a network of fine cracks on the surface.

(of ceramic glaze) to craze.

to exhibit liveliness, vibrancy, anticipation, etc.: The play crackled with wit.

verb (used with object)

to cause to crackle.

to break with a crackling noise.

to craze (ceramic glaze).

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noun

the act of crackling.

a crackling noise.

10.

a network of fine cracks, as in the glaze of some kinds of porcelain.

11.

crackleware.

Origin:
1490–1500; crack + -le

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crackle (ˈkræk^əl)

—vb
1.	to make or cause to make a series of slight sharp noises, as of paper being crushed or of a wood fire burning
2.	(tr) to decorate (porcelain or pottery) by causing a fine network of cracks to appear in the glaze
3.	(intr) to abound in vivacity or energy

—n
4.	the act or sound of crackling
5.	intentional crazing in the glaze of a piece of porcelain or pottery
6.	Also called: crackleware porcelain or pottery so decorated

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Word Origin & History

crackle

c.1560, crackelen, frequentative of cracken "to crack." The noun is recorded from 1833.

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"The way of Providence is a little rude. The habit of the snake and spider, the snap of the tiger and other leapers and bloody jumpers, the crackle of the bones of his prey in the coil of the anaconda,—these are in the system, and our habits like theirs. You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughter-house is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity, expensive races,—race living at the expense of race."

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