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CRACKLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sharp sound of snapping noises
Synonyms:
crackle; crackling; crepitation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crackling" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crackling"):
decrepitation (the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated)
Derivation:
crackle (make a crackling sound)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
Synonyms:
crackling; greaves
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crackling" is a kind of...):
residue (matter that remains after something has been removed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb crackle
Context examples:
Dear knights and gentlemen, he cried in a high crackling voice, worthy Christian cavaliers, will ye ride past and leave an aged pilgrim to die of hunger?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I seated myself in his armchair and warmed my hands before his crackling fire, for a sharp frost had set in, and the windows were thick with the ice crystals.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When Thornton passed a caressing hand along his back, a snapping and crackling followed the hand, each hair discharging its pent magnetism at the contact.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Already Alleyne could hear the crackling and roaring of the flames, while the air was heavy with heat and full of the pungent whiff of burning wood.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It was Catherine Cusack who told me of it,” said he in a crackling voice.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The great black tower upon which they stood rose like a last island of refuge amid this sea of fire but the ominous crackling and roaring below showed that it would not be long ere it was engulfed also in the common ruin.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Beneath and around them blazed the huge fire, roaring and crackling on every side of the bailey, and even as they looked the two corner turrets fell in with a deafening crash, and the whole castle was but a shapeless mass, spouting flames and smoke from every window and embrasure.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To this Sir Nigel answered with the romances of Sir Eglamour, and of Sir Isumbras, and so through the long winter night they sat by the crackling wood-fire answering each other's songs until the crowing cocks joined in their concert.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the great stone fireplace a log fire was spurting and crackling, throwing out a ruddy glare which, with the four bracket-lamps which stood at each corner of the room, gave a bright and lightsome air to the whole apartment.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Black Simon of Norwich crouched amid the rocks, crooning an Eastland ballad to himself, while he whetted his sword upon a flat stone which lay across his knees; while beside him sat Alleyne Edricson, and Norbury, the silent squire of Sir Oliver, holding out their chilled hands towards the crackling faggots.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
