Crackle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

II. Crackle ·noun A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.

III. Crackle ·vi To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to Crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

IV. Crackle ·noun 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.