crackling

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English

Etymology

By surface analysis, crackle +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

crackling (countable and uncountable, plural cracklings)

  1. (cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
  2. (cooking, in the singular in British) The crispy rind of roast pork.
    • 2011 February 28, Arlene Diego, Step by Step Cooking Filipino: Delightful Ideas for Everyday Meals, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN, page 54:
      To make chicken crackling, use 500 g (1 lb 1V2 oz) chicken skin. Wash and remove excess fats.
  3. (cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
    • 2016 October 4, Eva Kosmas Flores, Adventures in Chicken: 150 Amazing Recipes from the Creator of AdventuresInCooking.com, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 26:
      ... but often forgotten are the equally delicious chicken cracklings. In this recipe, baguette slices spread with a delicious maple and sea salt butter are baked, then topped with crispy pan-fried chicken skin, sweet soft dates, […]
  4. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
    the bangs and cracklings of fireworks
  5. (obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
  6. Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.

Synonyms

Adjective

crackling (not comparable)

  1. Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
    • 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Latimer and Ridley, page 68:
      —With wreathing spire
      Up went the crackling flame,—and that old man
      Forgetful of his anguish, boldly cried
      —"Courage, my brother!—we this day will light
      Such fire in christendom, as ne'er shall die."

Translations

Verb

crackling

  1. present participle and gerund of crackle

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