- present participle of crackle.
crackling
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Don’t be afraid of any crackling; cumin seeds should sizzle when fried.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
A firefighter picking up hoses on Jan. 2 found crackling, red-hot coals in the dirt and warned colleagues that a more thorough mop-up was needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
People who have Starlinks don’t let it be known and only upload videos to people they trust, he said over his crackling and distorted Starlink connection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
But amid all that crackling electricity, everything around Marty begins to blur.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
They sit in the dark, the small flat lit only by the dim amber light of the radio, and listen to the British voices pulsing across the crackling airwaves.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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
It needed more than citrus jam and limp, chicken-skin cracklings to make it interesting.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
Next up: grilled duck with citrus gremolata and duck skin cracklings and 10-year-old the Original.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2014
From time to time Ma skimmed out the brown cracklings.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
