Crackle

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1. Verb

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

2. Noun

The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

3. Noun

A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.

4. Noun

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.
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