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Definition of Crackling
1. Noun. The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered.
2. Noun. The sharp sound of snapping noises.
Specialized synonyms: Decrepitation
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Crackle, Crackle, Crepitate
Definition of Crackling
1. n. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Definition of Crackling
1. Noun. (''gastronomy'') Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of crackle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crackling
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackling
Literary usage of Crackling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie: ... with an Autobiography by Benjamin Brodie, Charles Hawkins (1865)
"crackling SENSATION OF JOINTS. A provincial advocate at Bristol in 1842 came to
me complaining of a singular crackling sensation in the upper and back part ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"A parallel form with flitter, flinder, of the same meaning. The primary origin
is the use of frit, in expressing a crackling sound, ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Perhaps í-o called from the crackling of a fire-brand, which throws out ...
a crackling. Brug. i. § 531. Sparkle, vb., to throw out sparks, to glitter. ..."
4. Before Adam by Jack London (1907)
"and crackling and roaring. It was the most monumental work we had ever effected
with our hands, and we were proud of it. We, too, were Fire-Men, we thought, ..."
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