different between crackle vs crackled

English

Etymology

From Middle English crakelen, equivalent to crack +? -le (frequentative suffix). The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?æk?l/
• Rhymes: -æk?l

Noun

crackle (plural crackles)

1. A fizzing, popping sound.

2. (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.
3. (physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
4. Synonym of crackling (“crispy rind of roast pork”)
   • 2017, Edgar Maranan, ?Len Maranan-Goldstein, A Taste of Home: Pinoy Expats and Food Memories

     By the look on my face I must have anticipated the joy of the crackle, apparently having come to look forward to the roast pig that appeared only at gatherings such as this. I bet I asked for another piece once I was done.

Derived terms

• crackleware

Translations

Verb

crackle (third-person singular simple present crackles, present participle crackling, simple past and past participle crackled)

1. (intransitive) To make a fizzing, popping sound.

   a crackling fire

Translations

Derived terms

• crackling

Anagrams

• cackler, clacker

English

Verb

crackled

1. simple past tense and past participle of crackle

Adjective

crackled (not comparable)

1. (pottery) Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.