CRACKLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crackling mean? 

• CRACKLING (noun)
  The noun CRACKLING has 2 senses:

1. the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered

2. the sharp sound of snapping noises

  Familiarity information: CRACKLING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRACKLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

crackling; greaves

Hypernyms ("crackling" is a kind of...):

residue (matter that remains after something has been removed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The sharp sound of snapping noises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

crackle; crackling; crepitation

Hypernyms ("crackling" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crackling"):

decrepitation (the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated)

Derivation:

crackle (make a crackling sound)

 Context examples 

We are moving in high life, Watson, crackling paper, ‘E.B.’ monogram, coat-of-arms, picturesque address.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But at the same time there was a suspicious crackling movement beside him, and his astonished eye saw a young spruce sapling bending down above him to strike him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I fed it, shaving by shaving, and sliver by sliver, till at last it was snapping and crackling as it laid hold of the smaller chips and sticks.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The crackling turned into a snapping, the sled pivoting and the runners slipping and grating several inches to the side.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

As they streamed past the silent forest around broke suddenly into loud life, with galloping of hoofs, crackling of brushwood, and the short, sharp cries of the hunters.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Almost before he knew it, he was astern, swimming gently on the foam-crackling surface.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If attached, choose to meet in a restaurant known for delicious food with an atmosphere of flowers, candlelight, perhaps a fireplace with a warm, crackling fire, and crisp white tablecloths. Heaven!

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When the doctors examined him they heard popping and crackling sounds (crepitus), which extended from his neck all the way down to his ribcage — a sure sign that air bubbles had found their way into the deep tissue and muscles of the chest, which was subsequently confirmed by a computed tomography scan.

(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The load quivered, and from under the runners arose a crisp crackling.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)