A crackle glaze. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The analogous expressions involving 5th and 6th derivatives are known as crackle and pop. From Wordnik.com. [Waiter, There’s a Derivative in my Cereal] Reference
And only rarely does their repartee really crackle, which is what this play needs to fire all night long. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Radios probably shouldn't "crackle" three times in the same article. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: Missing Sex Money Mystery Blonde: Day 26] Reference
It Happened on Fifth Avenue carries a bit more optical "crackle" than. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
Coral didn't pop and crackle, because it was bleached dead. From Wordnik.com. [Brenda Peterson: Gulf Oil Spill Meets Dead Zone: What Lies Beneath] Reference
The sharp crackle of the musketry began in front, and still the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
"Your mother would be proud, too," he adds through the crackle. From Wordnik.com. [Once upon a life: Joseph O'Connor] Reference
Half an hour later, the rush and crackle of flames touched my ears. From Wordnik.com. [Ascension of the Conquistador] Reference
But in the silent dark, all I could hear was the crackle of charring skin. From Wordnik.com. [Dinner in Mexico] Reference
She listened to her hair crackle as she leaned back, so alone, within herself. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Guggenheim Visits Picasso's Bathroom] Reference
Quickly it flared up, with the white flame and crackle characteristic of dry cedar. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
The crackle of rifles and machine-guns shrieked higher ... two hundred; one hundred. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
I can picture the crackle of cold, grey air around the summit of our nearby mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference
They can make a soda pop glisten and crackle so you can almost feel it on your tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Violence In Our Culture] Reference
Walkie-talkies crackle as fighters hurl insults at the Taliban over a shared frequency. From Wordnik.com. [Facing A Long, Cold War] Reference
But there is also another constant: the uninterrupted crackle of rebel machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. ['Like A Meat Grinder'] Reference
There was a sputter, then a crackle like the firing of many rifles, and then a great roar. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
As she waits in the dark of her house in Gaza she can hear the crackle of gunfire outside. From Wordnik.com. ['Back to the Stone Age'] Reference
His voice had become raspy and taken on a deep crackle as he had been sitting at the table. From Wordnik.com. [Three Corpse Brunch: Part One] Reference
KABUL, Afghanistan — The first sign of danger was the crackle of gunfire over their heads. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan Aid Workers' Last Moments] Reference
“Let's not,” came a gravelly crackle from behind the screen door leading into the house. From Wordnik.com. [Bootstraps] Reference
My skin felt tight and seemed to crackle as I pulled myself to sit up at the edge of the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody Steps Forward] Reference
I stood with thousands of others, shocked, watching each tower crackle in the crystal-clear sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Week After] Reference
"What's the matter, Tom?" for he had been awakened, and heard the crackle of the electrical discharge. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
The men fired wildly in all directions, as the crackle of AK-47s sounded from the walled-off barracks. From Wordnik.com. [Into Anarchy] Reference
When the skin began to crackle, I excused myself from the fireside to help Antonio's aunt set the table. From Wordnik.com. [Dinner in Mexico] Reference
I stepped on leaves protruding from the compost on the muddy path, but they were soggy and did not crackle. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Day] Reference
Presently Tom heard the crackle of branches, and Jasper, his eyes and mouth wide open, came through the bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
His thoughts on the year of the surge: The first rocket streaked low over our house with a crackle at about 8 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [In Iraq, a Season of Disquieting Silence] Reference
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