crackle

crackle (http://definr.com/crackle)

     adj : having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks,
           as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"
     n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackling, crepitation]
     2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
        [syn: crackleware, crackle china]
     v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Crispies crackled in the
          bowl" [syn: crepitate]
     2: make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the
        gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch]
     3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of
        small cracks;  "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"