v. i. [ Dim. of crack. ] To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The crackle of fireworks. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fine Arts) A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Fine Arts) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Crackle, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the first time in his life he tested crackling. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting. [ 1913 Webster ]