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crack·er

[krak-er] Pronunciation Key

–noun

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.

–adjective

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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crack·er (krāk'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A thin crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough.
One that cracks, especially:
1. A firecracker.
2. 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.
3. The apparatus used in the cracking of petroleum.
4. One who makes unauthorized use of a computer, especially to tamper with data or programs.
5. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person of the rural, especially southeast United States.
6. Used as a disparaging term for a white person.
Offensive
1. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person of the rural, especially southeast United States.
2. Used as a disparaging term for a white person.

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