Crackling

Quick meaning: Crackling is a noun meaning (cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.

Meaning

(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.

More Meanings

1. (cooking, in the singular in British) The crispy rind of roast pork.
2. (cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
3. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
4. Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
5. Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
6. present participle and gerund of crackle
7. (obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.

Example Sentences

the bangs and cracklings of fireworks

For the first time in his life […]he tasted crackling.

To make chicken crackling, use 500 g (1 lb 1V2 oz) chicken skin. Wash and remove excess fats.

—With wreathing spire Up went the crackling flame,—and that old man Forgetful of his anguish, boldly cried —"Courage, my brother!—we this day will light Such fire in christendom, as ne'er shall die."

Word Forms

• cracklings

Synonyms for crackling

Depending on context, synonyms include noisy, crackle, crepitation, snapping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crepitation, snapping, noisy, cracklin, cracknel, crispy.

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