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cracker Definition

cracker (krak′ər)

noun

  1. a person or device that cracks
  2. a firecracker
  3. a little paper roll used as a favor at parties: it contains a trinket or candy, and bursts with a popping noise when the ends are pulled
  4. a thin, crisp wafer or biscuit
  5. ☆ poor white: contemptuous term
  6. Informal a person born or living in Florida or Georgia: a humorous usage

Etymology: < crack, ; crackersense < earlier sense “braggart, boaster”

cracker Synonyms

cracker

n.

wafer, soda cracker, oyster cracker, biscuit, saltine, water biscuit, cream cracker, hardtack, sea biscuit, knäckebröd (Swedish), Melba toast, matzo; see also bread 1, cookie.

cracker Telecom Definition

A computer enthusiast, or computerphile, who gains, or attempts to gain, unauthorized access to computers or computer networks and tamper with operating systems, application programs, and databases. See also hacker.

cracker Usage Examples

Preposition: of

butler: Article No.5 Every woman in the room agreed that Crichton was a cracker of a butler.

Converse of object

  • pull: The custom of pulling crackers came to Britain in the 1860s.
  • score: Mind you, at least Johnson scored a cracker against Luton, it wasn't presented to him on a plate.
  • eat: Last two days we were eating crackers instead of bread.
  • want: As it was November 5th Jo wanted a real cracker of a party to go with her fireworks display.

Adjective modifier

  • absolute: Our Verdict... An absolute cracker of the horror genre.
  • Chinese: The history of fireworks date back over 2,000 years Chinese crackers were probably the first fireworks to be made about 2000 years ago.
  • real: Next up is a real cracker of a track.
  • dry: Eat an entire pack of dry crackers without water in between cigarettes.
  • safe: Patrick Meehan was a career safe cracker who was found guilty of the high profile murder of an elderly woman during a house break.
  • animal: The boy opened the box of animal crackers and spread them all over the table.

Modifies a noun

  • jack: TEAMS Not every person is a cracker jack sales person.
  • joke: Lets have a laugh... ... ... ... ... Another collection of Christmas cracker jokes.
  • menu: Three course cracker menus starting at £ 15.95 per person for lunchtime bookings ( £ 27.95 for evening bookings ).

Noun used with modifier

  • ethylene: The ethylene cracker is expandable to 1·5 million tons, which would make it the world's largest.
  • graham: And frozen yogurt, graham crackers and fruit juices are good snacks.
  • prawn: Over our prawn crackers, the topic of Google's censorship in China came up.
  • psp: Google developing eavesdropping software PSP crackers break console ' wide open ' Trusted computing a shield against worst attacks?
  • rye: Carrot soup and crackers 1 small can carrot soup with 2 rye crackers.
  • christmas: Christmas Pudding Recipe Christmas Crackers Traditionally a christmas cracker is placed next to each plate on the Christmas dinner table.