: a network of fine cracks on an otherwise smooth surface
Example Sentences
Verb The logs crackled in the fire. The leaves crackled under our feet.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
They’re often pursued by photographers due to their beauty — high cloud bases that crackle with errant bolts of electricity juxtaposed against a sandy desert backdrop — but the sudden torrential downpours can be problematic. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 With electrifying electro-pop as the base, their releases sizzle and crackle with the fresh, vibrant vigor of youth. Tanu I. Raj, Billboard, 15 July 2022 The gnocchi crackle against the teeth for a nanosecond before dissolving.Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022 The performance sequences crackle with live-wire energy, even when Luhrmann is drawing them out or even slowing them down. Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022 That, in itself is nothing new, and could also fail to crackle on radar. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 11 July 2022 Development for what is being titled Wonder Man is in the early stages, but if things crackle, cameras could be rolling in 2023. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2022 That mojo is palpable in new EV-centric spaces like Factory Zero and the Parking Lab, where Detroit seems to crackle with new energy. Jaclyn Trop, Fortune, 1 June 2022 Celeste Rapone’s vibrant distortions crackle with Cubist energies (Picasso, for all his fame during figuration’s dry period of the mid-to-late 20th century, never even entertained the idea of painting abstractly). Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
Noun
There's just something so cozy about a fire this time of year—the crackle, the smell, and the memories made while roasting hot dogs and toasting marshmallows for the best s'mores recipes. Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2022 Tavares and the Bees Gees echoed throughout our split-level home, the crackle and hiss of Motown records was the soundtrack of second grade. Malina Saval, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 Cole Strange plopped himself in at left guard seemingly since the day he was drafted and has looked awfully comfortable — although a clearer picture will emerge when the snap-crackle-and-pop of pads begins next week. Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 The crackle of machine gun fire persisted and echoed throughout central Baghdad.Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 The crackle of machine gun fire persisted and echoed throughout central Baghdad. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2022 The crackle of machine gun fire persisted and echoed throughout central Baghdad. Qassim Abdul-zahra And Samya Kullab, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2022 Delight in the warmth, smell, and crackle of a wood campfire without excessive smoke. Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022 Oysters lack ears but sense sound vibrations, so the team wondered if the larvae could follow a sonic beacon of their own: the crackle of snapping shrimp. Kate Golembiewski, Scientific American, 27 July 2022 See More