crackle

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishcrakelen,equivalent tocrack+‎-le(frequentative suffix).The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap,crackle,pop",after the mascots ofRice Krispiescereal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɹækəl/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ækəl

Noun

crackle(pluralcrackles)

1. Aprolonged,frequentcrackingsound; afizzing,poppingsound.

   Synonym:crepitation

   I heard acracklefrom the frying pan as I was frying bacon.

   There was an annoyingcrackleduring the phone call, due to poor connection.

2. (pottery)A style ofglazegiving the impression of many small cracks.
3. (physics)The fifthderivativeof theposition vectorwith respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change ofjounce.
4. Synonym ofcrackling(“crispy rind of roast pork”)
   • 2017,Edgar Maranan, Len Maranan-Goldstein,A Taste of Home: Pinoy Expats and Food Memories:

     By the look on my face I must have anticipated the joy of thecrackle,apparently having come to look forward to the roast pig that appeared only at gatherings such as this. I bet I asked for another piece once I was done.

Derived terms

• chocolate crackle
• crackleware

Translations

a fizzing, popping sound

• Bulgarian:пращенеn(praštene),пукане(pukane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phách lí ba lạpĐíchHưởng thanh／Phách lí ba lạpĐíchHưởng thanh(pīlǐ pālā de xiǎngshēng)

• Finnish:rasahdus(fi),risahdus(fi)
• French:crépitement(fr)m
• Galician:estalo(gl)m
• German:Knisternn
• Hungarian:recsegés(hu)
• Icelandic:snarkn
• Italian:crepitio(it),scoppiettio(it)
• Maori:pakepakē
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:sprakn,sprakingmorf

• Portuguese:estalido(pt)m,estalo(pt)m
• Russian:треск(ru)m(tresk)
• Spanish:crujido(es)m,chisporroteo(es)m
• Ukrainian:тріскm(trisk),трі́скітm(trískit)

Verb

crackle(third-person singular simple presentcrackles,present participlecrackling,simple past and past participlecrackled)

1. (intransitive)To make aprolonged,frequentcrackingsound which sounds likefizzingorpopping.

   acracklingfire

   • 1681,John Dryden,The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery.[…],London:[…]Richard Tonson andJacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC,(please specify the page number):

     the unknown ice thatcracklesunderneath them

   • 1908September –1909September,Jack London,chapter XIV, inMartin Eden,New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company,published September 1909,→OCLC,page117:

     He felt the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats and wild insurgences—surely this was the stuff to write about! He wanted to glorify the leaders of forlorn hopes, the mad lovers, the giants that fought under stress and strain, amid terror and tragedy, making lifecracklewith the strength of their endeavor.

2. Misspelling ofcackle.

Derived terms

• crackling
• cracklingly
• crackling microstar
• crackly

Translations

make a prolonged cracking sound

• Bulgarian:пращя(bg)(praštja),пукам(bg)(pukam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phát xuấtBạo liệt thanh／Phát xuấtBạo liệt thanh(fāchū bàolièshēng),Phách baTác hưởng(pīpā zuòxiǎng)

• Dutch:kraken(nl),knetteren(nl)
• Esperanto:kraketi
• Finnish:rasahtaa,risahtaa(single),ratista,ritistä(continuous)
• French:crépiter(fr)
• Galician:estalar(gl),estralexar
• German:knistern(de)
• Hungarian:recseg(hu)
• Icelandic:snarka
• Italian:crepitare(it)
• Maori:ngatete,pāhūhū,pākēkē
• Norman:cratchi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:sprake

• Portuguese:estalar(pt),crepitar(pt)
• Russian:треща́ть(ru)(treščátʹ)
• Spanish:crepitar(es)
• Swedish:knastra(sv),spraka(sv)
• Tày:bjáp bjáp,bíp bjáp
• Ukrainian:тріща́тиimpf(triščáty),шкварча́тиimpf(škvarčáty)(due to heat or fire)

Anagrams

• cackler,clacker