crackling
the making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated.
the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork.
Usually cracklings. Southern U.S. the crisp residue left when fat, especially hog or chicken fat, is rendered.
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Two or three minutes later, the crackling boom of incoming mortars broke up her thoughts.
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His movie producer character, Bobby Gould, is restrained but still crackling with energy.
He has a lean, crackling energy about him, a sense of dramatic flourish, a resonant voice that is not unaware of its own music.
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British Dictionary definitions for crackling
/ (ˈkræklɪŋ) /
the crisp browned skin of roast pork
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