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GK
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 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:02 pm Post subject: a crackling smile |
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Hello. When I recently read a text, I came across the phrase "a crackling smile". The context where the phrase appeared was as follows:
Dean was a complicated guy. He had a crackling smile and a doctorate in economics from UCLA. He read Marx and the Bible.
What does a crackling smile mean? Is it just a smile with crackling sound? Does it imply the innocent smile as worn by a baby?
Please anybody help me with this. Thanks. |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Crackling is the crisp outer skin of roast pork, the sound of small cracking noises in rapid succession, or a pattern of small surface cracks, so I would say the author has used the wrong word.
In UK cracking is used informally to mean excellent, or fast and exciting..
I would say the author should have used cracking, or some other word that better describes a smile. |
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