1. (

• greaves ,
• crackling

) the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered ;

2. (

• crackle ,
• crackling ,
• crepitation

) the sharp sound of snapping noises ;

1. (

• crepitate ,
• crackle

) make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl" ;

2. (

• crunch ,
• scranch ,
• scraunch ,
• crackle

) make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" ;

3. (

• crackle

) to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand" ;

1. (

• crackle

) having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" ;