crackled

verb

past tense of crackle
as in hissed
to make a series of short, sharp noises The logs crackled in the fire. The leaves crackled under our feet. a crackling fire

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Recent Examples of crackled Four years earlier, driving cross-country, our family had spent an unseasonably cold summer night at an Under Canvas site near Yellowstone, huddled in a king-size bed while a wood-burning stove crackled in the corner. — Dinaw Mengestu, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026 Fireworks crackled over the center-field scoreboard. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them. — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026 On a dazzling late-August day in the heart of Accra, the air around Kantamanto Market crackled with anticipation. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026 That film crackled with undertones of class, sexuality and politics, with Dirk Bogarde playing the sociopathic manservant to acclaim. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Lightning strikes crackled through the clouds 37 times during the storm in Ada County, according to the meteorologist. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026 Though many were faded and dusty, the assemblages nevertheless crackled with an almost urgent vibrancy, beckoning the viewer closer. — News Desk, Artforum, 30 Mar. 2026 That’s what Prager was dreaming of, at least, before the radio crackled below. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackled
  1. hissed
  2. rustled
  3. sputtered
  4. sizzled
Verb
  • Wynn said the alligator started to get agitated and even opened its mouth and hissed at her.
    — Steven Yablonski, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • The sky lay pure and blue and a cool dry wind hissed down upon them from the plains.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
Definition of hissed
Verb
  • Some of them, like the one I got stranded on, were full of green rolling hills, tall grasses that rustled in the wind, and wild goats and deer roaming free.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • As the ocean breeze kicked up, the palms rustled around us.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of rustled
Verb
  • Wankel turned a valve, and billion-year-old brine sputtered out of one of the pipes.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • Backup quarterback Jameis Winston also sizzled, completing 19-of-20 passes while running the second-team offense, marking his second straight explosive padded practice including Tuesday’s six-touchdown red zone performance.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Then, a slow-moving heat dome sizzled the East in early July, toppling records.
    — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 24 July 2026
Definition of sizzled

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