crackled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a crackling sound
    crepitate; crackle.
    • My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl
  2. verb make a crushing noise
    crunch; scraunch; crackle; scranch.
    • his shoes were crunching on the gravel
  3. verb to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
    crackle.
    • The blazing sun crackled the desert sand

WordNet


Crac"kled adjective
Definitions
  1. (Fine Arts) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

Webster 1913