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Idiom

snap, crackle and pop

Meaning

Any loud or audible noise.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The old wooden floor began to snap, crackle and pop under my feet.”

“As the fireplace warmed up, the dry logs began to snap, crackle and pop in the quiet room.”

“The frozen branches started to snap, crackle and pop as the weight of the heavy snow finally caused them to break.”

Examples

simple

“The old wooden floor began to snap, crackle and pop under my feet.”

contextual

“As the fireplace warmed up, the dry logs began to snap, crackle and pop in the quiet room.”

complex

“The frozen branches started to snap, crackle and pop as the weight of the heavy snow finally caused them to break.”

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