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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>
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John Hamshare (1940 - ): quoted, with permission, from the Masterful Sentences course www.writersvillage.com 2009
Crickle by Real Grumps July 21, 2009
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She is the crickle of the bunch.
crickle by SuperOmniMeglo March 31, 2009
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.
Crickle by Kyle Burk November 17, 2004
A burp in your throat.
Crickle by Becca12319 February 5, 2021
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?
Crickle by Uncle Teddie April 24, 2011
Person: He is so crickled up, what is wrong with him
Crickle by Derek Boykyert December 23, 2020