Definitions for cracker

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cracker crack·er

Spelling: [krak-er]

IPA: /ˈkræk ər/

Cracker is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in cracker (accekrr).

Definitions for cracker

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) Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of Georgia or Florida (used as a nickname).
5. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person in the South, especially a poor white living in some rural parts of the southeastern U.S.
6. Slang. black hat (def 2).
7. snapper (def 5).
8. braggart; boaster.
9. a person or thing that cracks.
10. a chemical reactor used for cracking. Compare catalytic cracking, fractionator.
11. a break without complete separation of parts; fissure.
12. a slight opening, as between boards in a floor or wall, or between a door and its doorpost.
13. a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking.
14. the snap of or as of a whip.
15. a resounding blow:
16. Informal. a witty or cutting remark; wisecrack.
17. a break or change in the flow or tone of the voice.
18. Informal. opportunity; chance; try:
19. a flaw or defect.
20. Also called rock. Slang. pellet-size pieces of highly purified cocaine, prepared with other ingredients for smoking, and known to be especially potent and addicting.
21. Masonry. check1 (def 41).
22. a mental defect or deficiency.
23. a shot, as with a rifle:
24. a moment; instant:
25. Slang. a burglary, especially an instance of housebreaking.
26. Chiefly British. a person or thing that excels in some respect.
27. Slang: Vulgar. the vulva.
28. Chiefly Scot. conversation; chat.
29. British Dialect. boasting; braggadocio.
30. Archaic. a burglar.

Idioms

1. crack a book, Informal. to open a book in order to study or read:
2. crack a smile, Informal. to smile.
3. crack wise, Slang. to wisecrack:
4. fall through the cracks, to be overlooked, missed, or neglected: Also, slip between the cracks.
5. get cracking, Informal. to begin moving or working; start: to work or move more quickly.

adverb

1. with a cracking sound.

adjective

1. crackers, Informal. wild; crazy:
2. first-rate; excellent:

Verb phrases

1. crack down, to take severe or stern measures, especially in enforcing obedience to laws or regulations:
2. crack off, to cause (a piece of hot glass) to fall from a blowpipe or punty.
3. crack on, Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to sail in high winds under sails that would normally be furled. (of a power vessel) to advance at full speed in heavy weather.
4. crack up, Informal. to suffer a mental or emotional breakdown. to crash, as in an automobile or airplane: to wreck an automobile, airplane, or other vehicle. to laugh or to cause to laugh unrestrainedly:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to make a sudden sharp sound:
2. to break without complete separation of parts; break into fissures.
3. to break with a sudden, sharp sound:
4. to strike and thereby make a sharp noise:
5. to induce or cause to be stricken with sorrow or emotion; affect deeply.
6. to utter or tell:
7. to cause to make a cracking sound:
8. to damage, weaken, etc.:
9. to make mentally unsound.
10. to make (the voice) harsh or unmanageable.
11. to solve; decipher:
12. Informal. to break into (a safe, vault, etc.).
13. Chemistry. to subject to the process of cracking, as in the distillation of petroleum.
14. Informal. to open and drink (a bottle of wine, liquor, beer, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured:
2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound:
3. to make a sudden, sharp sound in or as if in breaking; snap:
4. (of the voice) to break abruptly and discordantly, especially into an upper register, as because of weariness or emotion.
5. to fail; give way:
6. to succumb or break down, especially under severe psychological pressure, torture, or the like:
7. Chemistry. to decompose as a result of being subjected to heat.
8. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to brag; boast.
9. Chiefly Scot. to chat; gossip.

Origin of cracker

1400-50; late Middle English craker. See crack, -er¹; (defs 4, 5) perhaps originally in sense “braggart,” applied to frontiersmen o

Examples for cracker

Father let me have a cracker just now, and it's got a whistle inside it.

David Lowery of Camper von Beethoven and cracker made this case in a viral post from 2012.

Many serve them rolled in eggs and cracker dust; but thus they are not as good.

Here is a little toy (cracker) that you may have seen before (Fig. 23).

Since then, however, the cracker has undergone a gradual development.

Terry was headed to a cracker Barrel to “think” when a car cut her off.

In another short, the actress had to act like she was eating a doll head with a safety pin through it on a cracker.

He paused and swaggered a little on the precarious support of his cracker box.

Producers often tend to equate harder-hitting crime stories with a city setting – from cracker and Prime Suspect to Luther.

"Then wish for them, and fire off this," said Humpty Dumpty, handing her a cracker.