crack·er (kr k  r)n. 1. A thin crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough. 2. 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. 3. 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. |
cracker [ˈkrækə]
n
1. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) a decorated cardboard tube that emits a bang when pulled apart, releasing a toy, a joke, or a paper hat
2. short for firecracker
3. (Cookery) a thin crisp biscuit, usually unsweetened
4. a person or thing that cracks
5. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Social Science / Peoples) US another word for poor White
6. Brit slang a thing or person of notable qualities or abilities
not worth a cracker Austral and NZ informal worthless; useless
Cracker a bundle of small wood; a small parcel of sweets.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cracker - a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweetbread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked saltine - a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking soda cracker - unsweetened cracker leavened slightly with soda and cream of tartar oyster cracker - a small dry usually round cracker water biscuit - a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening; often served with cheese graham cracker - semisweet whole-wheat cracker pretzel - glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot |
| 2. |  cracker - a poor White person in the southern United Statesrustic - an unsophisticated country person | |
| 3. | cracker - a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers" coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | |
| 4. |  cracker - firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casingcannon cracker - a large firecracker cherry bomb - a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | |
| 5. | cracker - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends party favor, party favour, favour, favor - souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party |
Translations
cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] N
1. (= firework) → buscapiés m inv
2. (also Christmas cracker) → sorpresa f (navideña)
cracker
n
(= biscuit) → Kräcker m
crackers pl (= nut crackers) → Nussknacker m
cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] n
cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] n
a. (biscuit) → cracker m inv
b. (firework) → petardo; (Christmas cracker) specie di mortaretto natalizio con sorpresa
cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] n
a. (biscuit) → cracker m inv
b. (firework) → petardo; (Christmas cracker) specie di mortaretto natalizio con sorpresa
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