noun
crackling
KRAK-lihng
noun
1
The crisp, crunchy rind left on roast pork after cooking.
"Everyone fought over the last piece of crackling on the Sunday roast."
"She scored the pork skin carefully to get extra-crunchy crackling."
2
A series of small, sharp popping or cracking sounds repeated quickly.
"The crackling of the campfire was the only sound in the woods."
"Bad reception filled the phone call with crackling."
How to Use Crackling
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the crunchy skin on roast pork, or a repeated series of small popping sounds.
Common pairings
pork crackling
crackling fire
crackling sound
Word Forms
cracklings plural
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Etymology
Formed from crackle plus the ending "-ing", describing the ongoing sound or the crisped skin.