Crackle /(krăk"k'l)/

Crac·kle

Crackle

v. i.
  1. To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
    The unknown ice that crackles underneath them.

Crackle

n.
  1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.
    The crackle of fireworks.
  2. A kind of crackling sound or râle, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle. (Med.)
  3. 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. (Fine Arts)