vocabulary help -please

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vocabulary help -please

anitarobi

vocabulary help -please

Dear friends,

doing some writing and have stumbled upon an obstacle - cannot think of the perfect verb which refers to the wonderful sound wood planks make when they burn in a fireplace! Help, please! Do you know a verb or at least can suggest a good online dictionary where I can find it????

Thanks in advance!

Anita

5 Aug 2011

kodora

Maybe crackle is the one you are looking for

1. To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises: a fire crackling in the wood stove.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/crackle
Dora

5 Aug 2011

jasmine khan

      Hi!

      Anita I think the verb you are looking for is "crackle" because I ï¿½ve read that wood
      produces crackling noise/sound when it ï¿½s burnt. Thus the verb crackle will go with it. I ï¿½ve
      checked it too. The sentence I ï¿½ve found is:
      The rain has eased but the firewood still crackles like the devil ï¿½s frying pan.

     Hope it ï¿½d be of some help to you. Have a good day!

     Regards!

5 Aug 2011

Olindalima ( F )

Hi

M best try

crackï¿½le (kr

v. crackï¿½led, crackï¿½ling, crackï¿½les

v.intr.

1. To make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises: a fire crackling in the wood stove.

5 Aug 2011

anitarobi

Oh thank you so much. I was actually thinking it had to be sth that sounded like that, but couldn ï¿½t find the right one - just got stuck!!!! Thanks, thanks, thanks - you ï¿½re pals!

5 Aug 2011

moravc

I know the verb to crack, it sounds like distant shots but....

Is there a word for the "bubbling" or "hooting" sound as well? Is it "to whisper"?
I mean the "hissing" sound the fire makes or the sound of a very small fire? Is it "to hum"?

...and is there a word for the sound the huge fire makes? Is it "to roar"?
Wink