cracker

crack·er  (krkr)

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.

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cracker

Noun

1. a thin crisp unsweetened biscuit

2. a decorated cardboard tube, pulled apart with a bang, containing a paper hat and a joke or a toy

3. a small explosive firework

4. Slang an excellent or notable thing or person

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Cracker a bundle of small wood; a small parcel of sweets.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cracker - a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet bread, 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 States redneck rustic - 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 casing firecracker, banger cannon 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. whizbang, whizzbang - a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion
	5.	cracker - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends cracker bonbon, snapper party favor, party favour, favour, favor - souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

Translations

cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] n (biscuit) → galleta salada, crácker m (= Christmas cracker); sorpresa (navideña)

cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] crack n (also: Christmas cracker) → pétard m (= biscuit); biscuit (salé), craquelin m;

a cracker of a ... (Brit) (inf) → un(e) ... formidable;

he's crackers (Brit) (inf) → il est cinglé

cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] n (biscuit) → Cracker m;

(also: Christmas cracker) → Knallbonbon nt;

(firework) → Knallkörper m, Kracher m;

a cracker of a ... (Brit) (inf) → ein(e) tolle(r, s) ...;

he's crackers (Brit) (inf) → er ist übergeschnappt

cracker [ˈkrækəʳ] n → cracker m inv;

(firework) → petardo (= Christmas cracker); mortaretto natalizio (con sorpresa);

a cracker of a ... (BRIT ) (col) → un/a ... formidabile;

he's crackers (BRIT ) (col) → è tocco