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Cracker

Cracker Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cracker? [n] a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [n] firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing [n] a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet [n] a poor white person in the southern US Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cracker: banger \| cracker bonbon \| firecracker \| redneck \| snapper Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cracker: backwoodsman \| biscuit \| boiler factory \| boiler room \| bone \| briar-hopper \| brush ape \| Brussels biscuit \| bull-roarer \| bushman \| catcall \| cherry bomb \| clack \| clacker \| clam digger \| clapper \| cricket \| desert rat \| dust \| firecracker \| forester \| frontiersman \| graham cracker \| hardtack \| hillbilly \| hinterlander \| horn \| Klaxon \| Melba toast \| mountain man \| mountaineer \| mummy \| noisemaker \| parchment \| pilot biscuit \| piny \| pretzel \| rattle \| rattlebox \| redneck \| ridge runner \| rusk \| saltine \| sea biscuit \| ship biscuit \| sinker \| siren \| snapper \| soda cracker \| steam whistle \| stick \| ticktack \| wafer \| whistle \| whizgig \| whizzer \| woodlander \| woodman \| woodsman \| zwieback See Also \| bread \| breadstuff \| cannon cracker \| cherry bomb \| favor \| favour \| firework \| graham cracker \| oyster cracker \| party favor \| party favour \| pretzel \| pyrotechnics \| rustic \| saltine \| soda cracker \| staff of life \| water biscuit \| whizbang \| whizzbang Cracker In Webster's Dictionary \Crack"er\ (kr[a^]k"[~e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, cracks. 2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? --Shak. 3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called {firecracker}. 4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker. 5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. --Bartlett. 6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck. 7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. --Knight.

Cracker Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cracker?

[n] a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
[n] firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
[n] a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
[n] a poor white person in the southern US

Cracker In Webster's Dictionary

\Crack"er\ (kr[a^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, cracks.

2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]

         What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
                                               --Shak.

3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed
   in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with
   a sharp noise; -- often called {firecracker}.

4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston
   cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster
   cracker.

5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the
   Southern United States. --Bartlett.

6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.

7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding
   caoutchouc. --Knight.

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