crackling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹæk(ə)lɪŋ/

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Noun

crackling (countable and uncountable, plural cracklings)

1. (cooking, in the plural in US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens.
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     For the first time in his life […] he tasted crackling.

2. (cooking, in the singular in British) The crispy rind of roast pork.
3. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

   the bangs and cracklings of fireworks

4. (obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
5. Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.

Translations

fat that has hardened and is crisp after cooking

• French: couenne rissolee f
• Galician: torresmo m, roxón m
• German:

  Alemannic German: Grüübi f

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
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• Macedonian: џимиринка f (džimirinka), пршка f (prška), клиса f (klisa)
• Maori: kiripaka
• Russian: шква́рки (ru) f pl (škvárki)
• Serbo-Croatian: čvarak (sh) m

crispy pork rind

• Danish: flæskesvær c
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• Galician: torresmo m, roxón m
• Latin: callosum n
• Thai: หมูกรอบ (th) (mǔu-grɔ̀ɔp)

Verb

crackling

1. present participle of crackle

See also

• pork rind