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Meanings of crackling in English

Portuguese
creptação

The sharp sound of snapping noises.

creptação

The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered.

Usage of crackling in English
1
Tonino heard her flapping and crackling among the paper-ifit was paper.
The Magicians of Caprona
2
It was winter; a couple of fagots were crackling in the fireplace.
Les Misérables
3
He heard the crackling of the wood in the small kitchen stove.
Atlantis
4
The crackling in the brush indicated that the men were very near.
Trials and Triumphs of Faith
5
From the north end of the house came another grinding, crackling crash.
Bag of Bones
6
The dark, crowded drawing-room flickered in the light from the crackling fire.
The Prelude to Adventure
7
We could hear nothing but the breeze crackling in the silken curtains.
The Helmet of Navarre
8
In the chamber was the sound of thunder, crackling like broken glass.
The Metal Monster
9
The crackling of the fire behind her was the only sound within.
The Bars of Iron
10
Every half hour, 'Telcam opened a channel and listened to crackling static.
Glasslands
11
It had been crackling, sputtering nasal tinny words while the men talked.
Funland
12
His arms described two enormous perfect circles-blazing red, crackling blue-in the air.
The Necromancer
13
Just then I was startled by a crackling noise in the fireplace.
Jerusalem
14
John McEnroe bore more of a crackling, spikey presence in The Point.
The Irish Times
15
There was an audible crackling this time and the beginning of resistance.
The Great Book of Amber
16
Then she did hear something: a mysterious, vastly distant rustling and crackling.
The golden compass
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Translations for crackling
Portuguese
creptação
Crackling through the time
Crackling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common