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Crackle

To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

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Similar meaning 2

Fancy 84% connected

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fancy 84% connected

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 7

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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China 76% connected

A country in Eastern Asia.

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Rattle 76% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resound 76% connected

To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vary 76% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Crump 76% connected

Crooked; bent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrunch 76% connected

To scranch; to crunch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thud 76% connected

A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Decrepitation 76% connected

The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.

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Crepitate 74% connected

To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crepitate 74% connected

To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crepitation 74% connected

The act of crepitating or crackling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crepitation 74% connected

The act of crepitating or crackling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Crackleware 92% connected

See Crackle, n., 3.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crackling 92% connected

The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crepitate 92% connected

To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crepitation 92% connected

The act of crepitating or crackling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crunch 92% connected

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scranch 92% connected

To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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