crackle
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Is crackle a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of crackle?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (ceramics) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.Examples: "The Chinese attach great value to their crackle, which, though it looks like damaged glaze, is produced by art; […]."
2. (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.Examples: "a crackling fire"; "the unknown ice that crackles underneath them"; "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 life crackle with the strength of their endeavor."intransitive
2. (intransitive, figurative) To be full of tension or emotion.Examples: "The last scenes of the film crackle with repressed sexual energy."Synonyms: fizzle, sizzlefigurativelyintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary