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One of the onomatapoeic sounds a wood-burning fire makes; esp. when damp or wet. <i>'<b>Crickle</b>, crackle, hiss, and sparkle; flickering flames, fighting forest flurries, lick and ignite, in turn, moss, bark, twigs, sticks, and logs, sending sizzling spurts of steam skedaddling.</i>
** John Hamshare (1940 - ): quoted, with permission, from the Masterful Sentences course www.writersvillage.com 2009 |
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A small stream (old english) Cricklewood (an area in London) - a crickle in the wood
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the most amazing creature She is the crickle of the bunch.
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1. Stiffness of joints or body aches related to exsessive physical exertion. Rooted in the sounds "crickling" bones and joints make.
2. Old and worn and approaching a useless state. 3. General insult related to age and physical decay. My knees are so beat from playing Ultimate. total crickel.
Tha old man had a bad case of the crickles. My car is so crickly, it barely makes it down the road. |
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Verb, which origins stem from inappropriate and awkward touching from an uncle or other older family member. Roots are creepy and tickle. After dinner my Uncle crickled me.
I am so excited to go home after work for my crickling. Would you like to go on a date with me and maybe a crickle? |
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