crackle
verb (used without object)
to make slight, sudden, sharp noises, rapidly repeated.
have been crackling
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present perfect progressiveof crackle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Mr. Clive's drawings have been crackling in the fireplace at her feet, and the last spark of that combustion is twinkling out unheeded.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
