cracklings

crack·ling  (krklng)

n.

1. The production of a succession of slight sharp snapping noises.

2. cracklings The crisp bits that remain after rendering fat from meat or frying or roasting the skin, especially of a pig or a goose.

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[Sense 2, Dutch krakeling, from obsolete Dutch kraeckelingh, from Middle Dutch krkelinc, from krken, to crack; see cracknel.]

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Noun

1.

cracklings - the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered edible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue