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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: banger, cracker bonbon, firecracker, redneck, snapper
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
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