crackle
English
/ˈkɹækəl/
noun
Definitions
- A fizzing, popping sound.
- (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
- (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crakelen suf from English crack (highly skilled, excellent).
Origin
English
crack
Gloss
highly skilled, excellent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticrack English
- buttcrack English
- crack English
- crack shot English
- crack-hemp English
- crack-rope English
- crackability English
- crackable English
- crackback English
- crackbrain English
- crackbrained English
- crackerjack English
- crackest English
- cracketh English
- crackfic English
- crackhead English
- crackhouse English
- crackjaw English
- crackless English
- cracklet English
- crackleth English
- crackleware English
- cracklike English
- crackly English
- crackmeter English
- crackpipe English
- crackpot English
- crackproof English
- crackship English
- cracksman English
- cracky English
- craic English
- hydrocrack English
- macrocrack English
- microcrack English
- mudcrack English
- nutcrack English
- outcrack English
- precrack English
- recrack English
- suncrack English
- thundercrack English
- tocrack English
- whipcrack English
- wisecrack English
- crack Finnish
- kräkki Finnish
- Crack German
- craccare Italian
- crack French
- крэк Russian
- crack Spanish, Castilian
- crack Portuguese
- crak Middle English
- crakelen Middle English
- crakken Middle English
- craic Irish
- crac Welsh
- craic
- crack
- cracky
- tocrack
- crackly
- recrack
- suncrack
- outcrack
- crackfic
- cracketh
- precrack
- nutcrack
- crackpot
- crackjaw
- crackest
- mudcrack
- cracklet
- wisecrack
- crackless
- whipcrack
- crackable
- crackhead
- crackleth
- cracksman
- crackship
- buttcrack
- cracklike
- crackpipe
- anticrack
- crackback
- crackhouse
- crack-rope
- crackmeter
- crack-hemp
- crackproof
- crackbrain
- crack shot
- macrocrack
- microcrack
- hydrocrack
- crackleware
- crackerjack
- crackability
- crackbrained
- thundercrack