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crack·er
[krak-er] Pronunciation Key
[krak-er] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a thin, crisp biscuit. |
| 2. | a firecracker. |
| 3. | Also called cracker bonbon. a small paper roll used as a party favor, that usually contains candy, trinkets, etc., and that pops when pulled sharply at one or both ends. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter ) Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of Georgia (used as a nickname). |
| 5. | Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a poor white person living in some rural parts of the southeastern U.S. |
| 6. | snapper (def. 5). |
| 7. | braggart; boaster. |
| 8. | a person or thing that cracks. |
| 9. | a chemical reactor used for cracking. Compare catalytic cracking, fractionator. |
| 10. | crackers, Informal. wild; crazy: They went crackers over the new styles. |
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME craker. See crack, -er1; (defs. 4–5) perh. orig. in sense “braggart,” applied to frontiersmen of the southern American colonies in the 1760s, though subsequently given other interpretations (cf. corn-cracker); for crackers crazy, cf. cracked, -ers
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| crack·er
(krāk'ər) Pronunciation Key
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| crack·ers
(krāk'ərz) Pronunciation Key
adj. Chiefly British Slang Insane; mad. [Probably from cracker, breakdown.] |
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| crackers | |
adjective | |
| informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy] |
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