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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Crackle

/(krăk"k'l)/ · Crac·kle · IPA /ˈkɹækəl/
01 v. i. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
  1. 1.
    To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
    “The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.” — Dryden.
02 n. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
  1. 1.
    The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
    “The crackle of fireworks.” — Carlyle.
  2. 2.
    A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.(Med.)
  3. 3.
    A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.(Fine Arts)