CRACKLE, CRACKLING
ADJECTIVES
► CREPITANT making a crackling noise → 1855
► HAPPERY crackling; apt to snap or crackle → 1886 Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► REESHLE with a crackling, rustling sound → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► CRACKLE something that makes a crackling noise; a rattle → 1591 obs.
► CREPITATION a crackling; a crackling or rattling noise → 1656
► CRICKLE a thin, sharp crackling sound → 1914
► CRICKLE-CRACKLE a repeated crackling sound → 1637
► CRICKLING a thin, sharp crackling sound → 1584
VERBS
► BIRSLE to crackle with heat → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CRASH to make a crackling noise → 1563 obs.
► CREPITATE to crackle, to make a crackling sound → 1853
► CRICK-CRACKLE to emit a succession of sharp crackling sounds → 1608 obs.
► CRICKLE to make a thin, sharp crackling sound → 1849
► HAPPER to crackle, to snap → 1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NATTLE to make a light crackling, rattling, or tapping noise → 1825 N. Eng. dial.
► NEESTER ► NEISTER to crackle; to throw off sparks → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RATTLE to make a crackling or rustling noise → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRAFFLE to make a crackling, scraping sound → 1904 Sc.
► SCRAP to crackle by fire or by weight → 1885 Eng. dial.
► SCRINGE ► SKRINGE to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread → 1853 Ireland
► SPRANKLE to crackle → 1387 obs.
► SPRINKLE to crackle → 1398 obs.
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