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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Yet today it reads like a crackling radio dispatch from a quaint age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In between shoots, she drank tea made from boiled snow and pine needles, and warmed her feet by a crackling fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
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
Gibbs drove out, with the fires lighting the way and the crackling of the radio keeping him updated.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
A crackling arc of electric blue lightning snapped from the doorway to the silver ring on TimeStar’s hand.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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