Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Covered with a network of small cracks: as, crackled porcelain or glass.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Fine Arts) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of crackle.
  • adjective pottery Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.

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Examples

  • The name crackled through the air, as if it were crystallizing.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The name crackled through the air, as if it were crystallizing.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The name crackled through the air, as if it were crystallizing.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The name crackled through the air, as if it were crystallizing.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Then the word crackled over the radio: the enemy had surrendered; come on down.

    President Remarks At National Memorial Ceremony ITY National Archives 1995

  • Beams crisscrossing seemingly at random are meant to recall the crackled glaze on ancient Chinese ceramics.

    Olympian Architecture 2008

  • I HAD JUST ABOUT GOTTEN HOME when the distress call crackled in: "Available units, proceed to three oh three Seventh, near Townsend."

    2nd Chance Patterson, James, 1947- 2002

  • On one recent day, the sound of men speaking in Pashto crackled over the Marines' scanner five minutes after the troops left the base to conduct a patrol.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • On one recent day, the sound of men speaking in Pashto crackled over the Marines' scanner five minutes after the troops left the base to conduct a patrol.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • But as the 22nd runner, Nicole Zell, age 13, started her kilometer outside city hall in Manhattan shortly after noon, word crackled over radios in the sparse crowd that the Olympics were once more being seared by political animosity.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

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