crackle

v., -led, -ling, -les.

v.intr.

1. To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises: a fire crackling in the wood stove.
2. To show liveliness, energy, or intensity: a book that crackles with humor.
3. To become covered with a network of fine cracks; craze.

v.tr.

1. To crush (paper, for example) with sharp snapping sounds.
2. To cause (china, for example) to become covered with a network of fine cracks.

n.

1. The act or sound of crackling.
2. 1. A network of fine cracks on the surface of glazed pottery, china, or glassware.
   2. Crackleware.

[Frequentative of CRACK .]

verb

To make a series of short, sharp noises: crepitate, splutter, sputter. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

In painting, a paint or lacquer designed to develop a network of fine cracks when applied over a softer undercoat.

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A small, sharp sound heard on auscultation. Caused by dry, bristly hair and insufficient pressure on the stethoscope head. Also characteristic of emphysema, especially when it is subcutaneous. An early observation in pleurisy but disappears as exudate separates pleural surfaces. See also rale.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - knase, knitre
v. tr. - krakelere
n. - knitren, krakeleret overflade

Nederlands (Dutch)
knetteren, geknetter, craquelé(porselein)

Français (French)
v. intr. - craquer, crépiter, grésiller, pétiller, (Radio) cracheter, se fendiller, se craqueler
v. tr. - fendiller, craqueler
n. - crépitement, craquelure

Deutsch (German)
v. - rascheln, knistern
n. - Knistern, Haarrisse

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κροταλίζω, τριζοβολώ
n. - κροτάλισμα, τριζοβόλημα

Italiano (Italian)
scoppiettare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - crepitar, quebrar
n. - crepitação (f)

Русский (Russian)
трещать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - producir chisporroteo
v. tr. - crepitar, chisporrotear
n. - chisporroteo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - knastra
n. - knaster, krackelerat porslin

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发劈啪声, 使发爆裂声, 使产生碎裂花纹, 劈啪响, 裂纹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發劈啪聲
v. tr. - 使發爆裂聲, 使產生碎裂花紋
n. - 劈啪響, 裂紋

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 딱딱 소리를 내다, 활기차 있다
v. tr. - 딱딱 부수다, 잔금을 내다
n. - 딱딱하는 소리, 잔금 무늬

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パチパチ鳴る音, 活気
v. - パチパチ音をたてる, ひびが入る, パリパリとこわす, ひび入らせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) خشخش, طقطق (الاسم) طقطقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮השמיע קולות התפצחות‬
v. tr. - ‮השמיע קולות התפצחות‬
n. - ‮נקישות, קולות נפץ‬

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