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# crackle

«crackle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make a lot of short, sharp, small sounds, like a fire…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (crackle, crackles, crackled, crackling); noun (a crackle, crackles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To crackle is to make a lot of short, sharp, small sounds, like a fire burning or paper being crushed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#m1)

2) A crackle is one of these sounds, or a series of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#m2)

3) To crackle with something (excitement, energy) means to be full of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories the fire crackles in the fireplace, leaves crackle underfoot, a radio crackles before a voice comes through. In science it is an example of sound: dry wood snaps and pops when it burns. Phrases: crackle of the fire, snap crackle and pop, crackle with excitement.

### examples

- The logs crackled in the fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x1)
- Dry leaves crackled under our boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x2)
- The radio crackled and then went silent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x3)
- I heard the crackle of a crisp packet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x4)
- The air crackled with excitement before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x5)
- Rice cereal crackles when you pour milk on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x6)
- We sat by the crackling campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x7)
- The badger, hearing the crackle of the burning grass, asked, “What is that?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: crackled, crackling. An onomatopoeic word: it sounds like the noise it names. «Crackling» is also the crispy skin of roast pork. Compare: crack (one loud sound), crackle (many small ones).

### In the corpora

- [At first it's fun: twigs crackle, logs trip him, fungus on stumps looks like funny faces.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/8/)
- [A stethoscope lets the doctor hear the heart and lungs, and wheezes or crackles can be signs of illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crackle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crackle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.