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• crack´ling|ly — …   Useful english dictionary

• crack — crack; crack·et; crack·led; crack·less; crack·le·ware; crack·ly; crack·nel; crack·pot; gim·crack·ery; wise·crack·er; hy·dro·crack; crack·er; crack·er·jack; crack·ers; crack·ing; crack·le; crack·ling; gim·crack; crack·lin; crack·pot·ism; …   English syllables

• ling — buck·ling; car·ling; change·ling; cod·ling; crack·ling; dark·ling; dar·ling; east·er·ling; flat·ling; half·ling; scant·ling; seed·ling; shil·ling; sib·ling; side·ling; star·ling; ster·ling; suck·ling; un·der·ling; weak·ling; wean·ling;… …   English syllables

• crack|le — «KRAK uhl», verb, led, ling, noun. –v.i. 1. to make slight, sharp sounds: »A fire crackled in the fireplace. Twigs crackled beneath their feet. 2. to become minutely cracked, as the surface of some kinds of china or glass does; craze. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Chai Ling — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chai. Chai Ling Chai Ling (2009) Born April 15, 1966 (1966 04 15) (age 45) Rizhao, Shandong, China …   Wikipedia

• crackling — crack·ling …   English syllables

• crackling — crack|ling [ˈkræklıŋ] n 1.) [singular, U] the sound made by something when it crackles ▪ There was silence except for the crackling of the fire. 2.) [U] BrE the hard skin on a piece of pig meat when it has been cooked for a long time 3.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crackling — crack|ling [ kræklıŋ ] noun 1. ) singular or uncount the sound that something makes when it crackles: the crackling of dried leaves underfoot 2. ) cracklings plural hard pieces of cooked skin from a pig, used as food …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• crackling — crack•ling [[t]ˈkræk lɪŋ[/t]] or, for 2, 3, [[t] lən[/t]] n. 1) a series of slight cracking sounds 2) coo the crisp browned skin of roast pork 3) coo dial. Usu., cracklings. the crisp residue left when fat is rendered • Etymology: 1540–50 …   From formal English to slang

• crackle — crack•le [[t]ˈkræk əl[/t]] v. led, ling, n. 1) to make slight, sudden, sharp noises, rapidly repeated 2) cer (of ceramic glaze) to craze 3) to exhibit liveliness, vibrancy, or the like; sparkle: The play crackled with wit[/ex] 4) to break with a… …   From formal English to slang