crackling

[krak-ling, -luhn]

noun

1. the making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated.

2. the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork.

3. Southern U.S.,  Usually cracklings. the crisp residue left when fat, especially hog or chicken fat, is rendered.

crackling

/ ˈkræklɪŋ /

noun

1. the crisp browned skin of roast pork

Word History and Origins

Origin of crackling¹

First recorded in 1540–50; crackle + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"I heard the crackling noise of the metal rolls of the warehouse door and realised that something was happening. I opened the door and saw the fire," he said while giving evidence in court.

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Outside the car, he could hear crackling sounds, like a campfire.

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Fear and stress are evident in my sister's voice in Tehran, despite the crackling, intermittent WhatsApp connection that - miraculously - still works from time to time.

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"Instead of holding my wife’s hand in the delivery room, I was crouched on a detention center floor, whispering through a crackling phone line as she labored alone," Khalil wrote.

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But then sometimes I found that they were not that live or crackling because I had already thought of something cute the night before or whatever.

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