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crackle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crackle/ˈkrakl/

▶verb make a rapid succession of slight cracking noises. ▶noun

1 a sound of this type.

2 a pattern of minute surface cracks.

– derivatives
crackly adjective (cracklier, crackliest).

– origin ME: from crack + -le4.

'crackle' also found in these Oxford entries:

craquelure - cricket - decrepitate

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