crackle

Adjective

• having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
  • a crackle glaze
    

Noun

• glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface

• the sharp sound of snapping noises

Verb

• to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
  • The blazing sun crackled the desert sand
    

• make a crushing noise
  • his shoes were crunching on the gravel
    

• make a crackling sound
  • My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crackleware , crackle china , crackling , crepitation , crunch , scranch , scraunch , crepitate