crackling

[ krak-ling or, for 2, 3, -luhn ]
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noun
  1. the making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated.

  2. the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork.

  1. Usually cracklings. Southern U.S. the crisp residue left when fat, especially hog or chicken fat, is rendered.

Origin of crackling

1
First recorded in 1540–50; crackle + -ing1

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How to use crackling in a sentence

  • The rumblings and cracklings overhead increased in intensity until the old house swayed and creaked with the concussions.

    Wanderer of Infinity | Harl Vincent

British Dictionary definitions for crackling

crackling

/ (ˈkræklɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the crisp browned skin of roast pork

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