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   crackle

   /ˈkrakl/

   verb

   • 1. make a rapid succession of short sharp noises: "the fire suddenly crackled and spat sparks"
   • ▪ give a sense of great tension or animation: "attraction and antagonism were crackling between them"

   noun

   • 1. a sound made up of a rapid succession of short sharp noises: "there was a crackle and a whine from the microphone"
   • 2. a pattern of minute surface cracks on paintwork, varnish, glazed ceramics, or glass.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from crack + -le4.

   Derivatives

   • 1. crackly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • L

     1

   • E

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