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crackling

[krak-ling, -luhn] / ˈkræk lɪŋ, -lən /
ADJECTIVE
crunchy
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Nor is there anything inherently noble about making employees spend eight hours deciphering orders shouted through crackling speakers while the ice-cream machine is down and a small diplomatic crisis is unfolding in the PlayPlace.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

But on his new solo album, “Thrasher,” he trades the Killers’ gleaming, synth-laced rock for the crackling sound of hand-played country music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Simon soon picks up a handheld CRT device to help with sneaking - a clever updated version of another staple of the Silent Hill series: the crackling radio.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The vibe was a sun-baked hybrid of Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca and a music festival—altitude, rivers of beer, and a crackling sense of anticipation at all times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

The crackling and popping was the sound of the fire slowly advancing on them through the woods as it ate up tree after tree after tree.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

These act as bases for such dishes as Puerto Rican mofongo, made with plantains mashed with pork cracklings, as well as Cuban yuca with mojo, a citrus and garlic sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Jaíne again turns to her native country of Brazil, making plantain gnocchi, pan-fried in duck fat with cracklings and orange sauce.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022

For $1.50 more, you can double the meat and cracklings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2020

Next up: grilled duck with citrus gremolata and duck skin cracklings and 10-year-old the Original.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2014

She put them in a cloth and squeezed out every bit of the lard, and then she put the cracklings away.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder


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