/krak"ling/ or, for 2, 3, /-leuhn/ , n.
1. the making of slight cracking sounds rapidly repeated.
2. the crisp browned skin or rind of roast pork.
3. Usually, cracklings . Southern U.S. the crisp residue left when fat, esp. hog or chicken fat, is rendered.
[ 1540-50; CRACKLE + -ING 1 ]