cracker

[Crack·er]

A cracker is a snack. It’s a thin, savory, crisp biscuit, like a saltine. It’s also anything that cracks, like a firecracker or a computer code cracker, or of course, that thin, savory snack that cracks when you break it.

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One who, or that which, cracks.

Noun
a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

Noun
firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

Noun
a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet

Noun
a programmer who `cracks'' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"

Noun
a poor white person in the southern United States

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n.
One who, or that which, cracks.

n.
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.

n.
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.

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

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

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The pintail duck.

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A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.


Cracker

Crack"er (kr?k"?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?
3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed 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'94l.) The pintail duck. 7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.

One who, or that which, cracks.

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Usage Examples

My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.

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