crackling
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
crackling (countable and uncountable; plural cracklings)
- (cookery) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.
- Lamb
- For the first time in his life he tasted crackling.
- Lamb
- The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
- the bangs and cracklings of fireworks
Verb [edit]
crackling
- Present participle of crackle.
