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Crickle

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>
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John Hamshare (1940 - ): quoted, with permission, from the Masterful Sentences course www.writersvillage.com 2009

by Real Grumps July 21, 2009