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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024crack•er /ˈkrækɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fooda thin, crisp biscuit.
- a firecracker.
adj. [be/go + ~] - Computingcrackers, Informal. wild;
crazy: to go crackers from too much work.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024crack•er (krak′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda thin, crisp biscuit.
- a firecracker.
- Also called crack′er bon′bon. a small paper roll used as a party favor, that usually contains candy, trinkets, etc., and that pops when pulled sharply at one or both ends.
- Slang Terms(cap.) [Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.]a native or inhabitant of Georgia (used as a nickname).
- Slang Terms(disparaging and offensive). a poor white person living in some rural parts of the southeastern U.S.
- Fishsnapper (def. 5).
- braggart;
boaster. - a person or thing that cracks.
- Chemistrya chemical reactor used for cracking. Cf. catalytic cracking, fractionator.
adj. - Informal Terms crackers, wild;
crazy:They went crackers over the new styles.
- 1400–50; late Middle English craker. See crack, -er1; (defs. 4–5) perh. origin, originally in sense "braggart,'' applied to frontiersmen of the southern American colonies in the 1760s, though subsequently given other interpretations (compare corn-cracker); for crackers crazy, compare cracked, -ers
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cracker /ˈkrækə/ n - a decorated cardboard tube that emits a bang when pulled apart, releasing a toy, a joke, or a paper hat
- short for firecracker
- a thin crisp biscuit, usually unsweetened
- a person or thing that cracks
- US
another word for poor White - Brit slang a thing or person of notable qualities or abilities
- not worth a cracker ⇒ Austral NZ informal worthless; useless
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