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Cracker

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Noun

1. cracker

a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet

2. cracker, redneck

a poor White person in the southern United States

3. cracker

a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things

Example Sentences:
'crackers are often mistakenly called hackers'

4. banger, cracker, firecracker

firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

5. cracker, cracker bonbon, snapper

a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cracker

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noun
1. 
a decorated cardboard tube that emits a bang when pulled apart, releasing a toy, a joke, or a paper hat
2.  short for firecracker
3. 
a thin crisp biscuit, usually unsweetened
4. 
a person or thing that cracks
5. US offensive another word for poor White
6. British slang
a thing or person of notable qualities or abilities
7.  not worth a cracker

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Cracker

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noun
1. 
a person or device that cracks
2. 
a firecracker
3. 
a little paper roll used as a favor at parties: it contains a trinket or candy, and bursts with a popping noise when the ends are pulled
4. 
a thin, crisp wafer or biscuit
5.  US
poor white
contemptuous term
6.  [usually C-]; Informal
a person born or living in Florida or Georgia
, a humorous usage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Cracker

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n.
1. A thin crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough.
2. One that cracks, especially:
a. A firecracker.
b. 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.
c. The apparatus used in the cracking of petroleum.
d. One who gains unauthorized access to a computer or computer network, usually for a malicious purpose such as to steal information or damage programs. See Usage Note at hacker.
3. Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a white person, especially one who is poor and from the southeast United States.

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