Crackle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækÉ™l

Origin

crack + -le("early modern English frequentative suffix")

Full definition of crackle

Noun

1. A fizzing, popping sound.
2. (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
3. (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.

Derived terms

• crackleware

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a fizzing, popping sound.a crackling fire
• Drydenthe unknown ice that crackles underneath them

Derived terms

• crackling

Anagrams

• cackler
• clacker