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crackers

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crack·ers  (krkrz)
adj. Chiefly British Slang
Insane; mad.
[Probably from cracker, breakdown.]
crackers [ˈkrækəz]
adj
(postpositive) Brit a slang word for insane
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.crackerscrackers - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, around the bend, balmy, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, loopy, fruity, barmy, cracked
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
Translations
crackers [ˈkrækəz] ADJ (Brit) → lelo, chiflado
crackers [ˈkrækərz] adj (= mad) to be crackers (British) → être cinglé(e) >
crack house n [drug addicts] → crack-house maison où l'on vend, achète et consomme du crack)f >
crackers
adj pred (Brit inf) → übergeschnappt (inf); to go crackers → überschnappen (inf)
crackers [ˈkrækəz] adj (Brit) (fam) → pazzo/a, tocco/a
he's crackers → è un po' tocco
crackers [ˈkrækəz] adj (Brit) (fam) → pazzo/a, tocco/a
he's crackers → è un po' tocco


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It was, since he could not escape from the Pope of the Fools, from Jehan Fourbault's bannerets, from May trusses, from squibs and crackers, to go to the Place de Grève.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
They were all made of crackers laid out in tiny squares, and were of many pretty and ornamental shapes, having balconies and porches with posts of bread-sticks and roofs shingled with wafer-crackers.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Then she happened to remember that in a corner of her suit-case were one or two crackers that were left over from her luncheon on the train, and she went to the buggy and brought them.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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