Crackling
['kræklɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
(n.) The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.
(n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- The dull crackling noise noticed in the ear when one swallows is due to the entrance and exit of air in the tube. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For three days the snow fell, ice stopped the current of the rivers, and the birds flew out from crackling branches of the frost-whitened trees. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was the precise, crackling, curling roll of automatic rifle fire. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was Catherine Cusack who told me of it, said he in a crackling voice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The paint-stained dress is a dress of hers; and the fire heard crackling in her room at four in the morning was a fire lit to destroy it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Down he fell into the chasm, crackling down among trees, bushes, logs, loose stones, till he lay bruised and groaning thirty feet below. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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