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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abrasion, blemish, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, clack, click, concussion, crack, cracking, crackling, craze, crepitate, crepitation, cut, decrepitate, decrepitation, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, gall, gash, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, mortal wound, mutilation, puncture, rent, rip, run, rupture, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, sizzling, slash, snap, snapping, sore, spit, spitting, stab, stab wound, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
Dictionary Results for crackle:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
crackle
    adj 1: having the surface decorated with a network of fine
           cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"
    n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle,
         crackling, crepitation]
    2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
       [syn: crackle, crackleware, crackle china]
    v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the
         bowl" [syn: crepitate, crackle]
    2: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the
       gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle]
    3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of
       small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crackle \Crac"kle\ (kr[a^]k"k'l), v. i. [Dim. of crack.]
   To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises,
   rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning
   thorns crackle.
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         The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.
                                                  --Dryden.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crackle \Crac"kle\, n.
   1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a
      crackling.
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            The crackle of fireworks.             --Carlyle.
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   2. (Med.) A kind of crackling sound or r[^a]le, heard in some
      abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist
      crackle. --Quain.
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   3. (Fine Arts) A condition produced in certain porcelain,
      fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel
      appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of
      reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian
      crackle.
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