треща́ть

uncommon #5062C2

verbimperfective perfective is тре́снуть

1.
to crackle, to crack, to creak
Доска́ трещи́т под тя́жестью.
The board creaks under the weight.
of wood, ice, fire
2.
to chirp, to chirr, to chatter (of birds)
В траве́ треща́т кузне́чики.
Grasshoppers are chirping in the grass.
of grasshoppers, magpies, sparrows
3.
to chatter, to jabber, to prattle
Она́ це́лый час трещи́т по телефо́ну.
She has been chattering on the phone for a whole hour.
colloquial, of fast idle talk

Examples

Ужаривающееся сало шипело и трещало на плите.
The lard as it fried was sizzling and crackling on the stove.
Дети трещали без остановки всю дорогу.
The children chattered nonstop the whole way.
Фанера трещит под тяжестью коробок.
The plywood creaks under the weight of the boxes.
Яблоня народила столько яблок, что ветки трещат.
The apple tree produced so many apples that its branches are creaking.
Вода бу́лькает, а ого́нь трещи́т.
Water gurgles while fire crackles.
Подламываемый тяжестью лёд трещал под ногами.
The ice, weakened by the weight, cracked underfoot.
Рубаемый топором сук громко трещал.
The branch being chopped with an axe crackled loudly.
Расседавшийся лёд на реке трещал под ногами.
The cracked ice on the river was creaking underfoot.

Imperative
ты	трещи́
вы	трещи́те

Active present	треща́щий	cracking, crackling, snapping, bursting
Active past	треща́вший	cracking, crackling, snapping
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	треща́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	трещав трещавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
треща́ть	-	to crackle; to chirp; to chatter
затреща́ть	за-	to begin to crackle; to begin to chatter
натреща́ть	на-	to chatter a lot; to crackle (for a while)
потреща́ть	по-	to chat; to crackle for a while