crackly
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈkrækli/
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crujiente
- The old vinyl record played with a crackly sound that reminded me of my childhood.
- crackly broadcast
- crackly voice
- crackly radio
So we pushed into this vegetation and dude, it was so fucking thick, loud, crackly.
- So we pushed into this vegetation and dude, it was so fucking thick, loud, crackly.
- The whisper furnace blows bent crackly motes through readers delft blue auras.
Examples
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As I opened the bag of chips, the crackly noise filled the quiet room.
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The skin's a little less crackly toward the neck area, but she's crisp, for sure!
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The method below gets a lot of fat out of the duck and produces beautiful, crackly skin.
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Sure enough, they shifted around for the first part, what with it being all black and white with a crackly soundtrack.
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The first time I applied this I had super dry crackly lips and this just made my lips look so smooth and kissable.
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The thick, slate-black sweater is crackly and unyielding.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Woolly-woolly," he was crooning softly in his crackly old man's voice.
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Unaware at the time of what a keen runner Petraeus was, I did initially wonder whether the general's press aides had misheard something over the crackly phone lines from Baghdad.
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They have a thin, crackly crust and dry, crispy edges, very much unlike the pizzas I get with KABF-based dough from ABED.
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I remember growing up on that cheap, tasteless, gooey white bread—but I remember even more vividly that first bite of real whole grain bread with a crisp, crackly crust and real flavor.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Food that is firm and makes a sharp sound when you bite it
35
1.3
Firm and making a loud sound when you bite it
Making a soft crunching sound when pressed or walked on
Making short, uneven popping sounds when it does not work well
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Etymology
Crackly comes from the common word crack, which means a short, sharp 'break' or sound, plus the ending -ly. So crackly describes things that make small popping or crisp noises, like an old radio or toasted bread.