crackling

comparative more crackling · superlative most crackling

plural cracklings

1. UScountablein pluraloftenuncountablecookingFat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens

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

   1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

2. countablesingularuncountablecookingThe crispy rind of roast pork.

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

   2011 February 28, Arlene Diego, Step by Step Cooking Filipino: Delightful Ideas for Everyday Meals, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN, page 54

3. countablecookingA crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.

   ... but often forgotten are the equally delicious chicken cracklings. In this recipe, baguette slices spread with a delicious maple and sea salt butter are baked, then topped with crispy pan-fried chicken skin, sweet soft dates,[…]

   2016 October 4, Eva Kosmas Flores, Adventures in Chicken: 150 Amazing Recipes from the Creator of AdventuresInCooking.com, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 26

4. countableuncountableThe making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

   the bangs and cracklings of fireworks

5. countableobsoleteplural normallyuncountableFood for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
6. countableuncountableThree stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.

1. not comparableSounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

   —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."

   1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Latimer and Ridley, page 68

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of crackle