Definition of crackle
- v. i. - To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden
noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning
thorns crackle.
- n. - The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a
crackling.
- n. - A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal
states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.
- n. - A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine
earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be
cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as,
Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.