crackling
Americannoun
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the making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated.
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the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork.
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Southern U.S. Usually cracklings. the crisp residue left when fat, especially hog or chicken fat, is rendered.
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Etymology
Origin of crackling
Example Sentences
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The distress channel of his maritime radio was crackling with the pleas of seafarers among the 20,000 still stranded on cargo ships and tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The delegation from the U.K. fled their pavilion, abandoning coffee and snacks after a hole appeared in the tent roof, lightning crackling in the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
On a crackling night in Glasgow, substitute Kieran Tierney found the net from outside the box to restore the home side's lead in the 93rd minute.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
Soon they had a large mound of mussels waiting beside a crackling fire.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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