cracker
noun
- a person or device that cracks
- a firecracker
- 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
- a thin, crisp wafer or biscuit
- ☆ poor white: contemptuous term
- Informal a person born or living in Florida or Georgia: a humorous usage
See cracker in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(krăkˈər)
noun- A thin crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough.
- One that cracks, especially:
a. A firecracker.
b. A small cardboard cylinder covered with decorative paper that holds candy or a party favor and pops when a paper strip is pulled at one or both ends and torn.
c. The apparatus used in the cracking of petroleum.
d. One who makes unauthorized use of a computer, especially to tamper with data or programs.
- Offensive
a. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person of the rural, especially southeast United States.
b. Used as a disparaging term for a white person.
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