1. The sharp sound of snapping noises
   "The crackling of the burning logs filled the room";
   - crackle, crepitation
    
2. The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
   "The crackling was saved to add flavour to other dishes";
   - greaves

1. Make a series of short fairly quiet cracking sounds
   "the fire crackled"; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl";
   - crepitate
    
2. Make a crushing or grinding noise
   "his shoes were crackling on the gravel";
   - crunch, scranch [dialect], scraunch [dialect], scrunch
    
3. To become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
   "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

Derived forms: cracklings

Type of: alter, change, make noise, noise, rattle, residue, resound, vary

Encyclopedia: Crackling