crackle
Meaning
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- A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
- A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
- 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.
- Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”)
Synonyms
crackle china
make noise
crackling sound
rattat
flash up noisily
crimkle
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɹækəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English crakelen, equivalent to crack + -le (frequentative suffix). The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
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