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[ fahyuhr-krak-er ] / ˈfaɪərˌkræk ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR firecracker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna paper or cardboard cylinder filled with an explosive and having a fuse, for discharging to make a noise, as during a celebration. Origin of firecrackerAn Americanism dating back to 1820–30; fire + cracker Words nearby firecrackerfire cherry, fire chief, fire clay, fire company, fire control, firecracker, firecracker flower, firecrest, fire-cure, fire curtain, firedamp Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for firecrackerThe convergence of these signs lit Morris up like a firecracker. Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST How the hell did some damned kid throw a firecracker through the screen? The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK|Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST I just heard a sound, and I thought it might be a firecracker. Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy And of course the fox was in a hurry, for he wanted to get out of the way before that firecracker went off and blew the house up. Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg|Howard R. Garis
There was a tradition that somebody had once held a firecracker in his hand too long and had been badly hurt by it. Walter Pieterse|Multatuli Or was it to be about a firecracker, seeing that it soon may be the Fourth of July? Uncle Wiggily's Travels|Howard R. Garis But the second shot was too much like the first and it was too loud—both shots were too loud to be a firecracker. Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for firecracker
nouna small cardboard container filled with explosive powder and lit by a fuse adjectiveimpressively energetica firecracker start to the race Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to firecrackerilluminations, sparklers, bursts, rockets, pyrotechnics, cherry bomb |