Cracker /(krăk"ẽr)/
Crack·er
Cracker
n.
- One who, or that which, cracks.
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A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
- A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- usually called firecracker.
- A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
- A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
- The pintail duck. (Zool.)
- A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. (Mach.)