crackly.

Producing or accompanied by repeated small, sharp cracking sounds.

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Words that belong together

• crackly recording
• crackly wrapper

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The crackly recording swallowed half of the final sentence.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more crackly; superlative most crackly when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.