To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
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A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.
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To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
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To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
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Gone.
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It.
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To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
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The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
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An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
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To scranch; to crunch.
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To scranch; to crunch.
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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
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An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
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Crooked; bent.
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To scranch; to crunch.
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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
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of Thump
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