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crack·er
(krăk′ər)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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cracker
(ˈkrækə)n
1. (Games, other than specified) 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. (Cookery) a thin crisp biscuit, usually unsweetened
4. a person or thing that cracks
5. (Anthropology & Ethnology) derogatory US another word for poor White
6. (Peoples) derogatory US another word for poor White
7. slang Brit a thing or person of notable qualities or abilities
8. not worth a cracker informal Austral and NZ worthless; useless
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
crack•er
(ˈkræk ər)n.
1. a thin, crisp biscuit.
2. a firecracker.
3. Also called crack′er bon′bon. Chiefly Brit. a small paper roll used as a party favor, that usu. contains candy, trinkets, etc., and that pops when pulled sharply at both ends.
4. (often cap.) Slang. (a term used to refer to a native or inhabitant of Georgia or Florida.)
5. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a poor white person living in some rural parts of the southeastern U.S.)
6. one that cracks.
7. a chemical reactor used for cracking.
adj. 9. crackers, Informal. crazy.
[1400–50]
usage: Definition 4 is used as a neutral nickname or term of self-reference. Definition 5 is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting. Use of the word in this sense often implies that the poor white person is regarded as bigoted, ignorant, or the like.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cracker
a bundle of small wood; a small parcel of sweets.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
cracker
A hacker who specializes in circumventing security systems with malicious intent.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
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| Noun | 1. |  cracker - a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweetbread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked saltine - a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking soda cracker - unsweetened cracker leavened slightly with soda and cream of tartar oyster cracker - a small dry usually round cracker water biscuit - a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening; often served with cheese graham cracker - semisweet whole-wheat cracker pretzel - glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot |
| 2. |  cracker - a poor White person in the southern United Statesrustic - an unsophisticated country person | |
| 3. | cracker - a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers" coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | |
| 4. |  cracker - firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casingcannon cracker - a large firecracker cherry bomb - a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | |
| 5. | cracker - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends party favor, party favour, favour, favor - souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party |
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Translations
أُنبوب ورَقي مُلَوَّنبَسْكويت هَشمُفَرْقَعَـة ناريّـهنَوْعٌ مِنْ البَسْكويت
čertíkkekskrekrpetardaprskavka
kiksknallertcracker
voileipäkeksi
kreker
pukkantósós keksz
kínverji, púîurkerlingknallstökkt kex
クラッカー
크래커
kekspískacia hračkaprskavka
krekerpetarda
panggrej
ขนมปังกรอบไม่หวาน
bánh quy giòn
cracker
[ˈkrækəʳ] N1. (= firework) → buscapiés m inv
2. (also Christmas cracker) → sorpresa f (navideña)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cracker
n
(= biscuit) → Kräcker m
crackers pl (= nut crackers) → Nussknacker m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cracker
[ˈkrækəʳ] na. (biscuit) → cracker m inv
b. (firework) → petardo; (Christmas cracker) specie di mortaretto natalizio con sorpresa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crack
(krӕk) verb1. to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces. The window cracked down the middle.
2. to break (open). He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.
3. to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking. The twig cracked as I stepped on it.
4. to make (a joke). He's always cracking jokes.
5. to open (a safe) by illegal means.
6. to solve (a code).
7. to give in to torture or similar pressures. The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.
noun1. a split or break. There's a crack in this cup.
2. a narrow opening. The door opened a crack.
3. a sudden sharp sound. the crack of whip.
4. a blow. a crack on the jaw.
5. a joke. He made a crack about my big feet.
6. a very addictive drug. He died of too much crack with alcohol
adjective expert. a crack racing-driver.
cracked adjective1. damaged by cracks. a cracked cup.
2. crazy. She must be cracked!
crackdown nounˈcracker noun
1. a thin crisp biscuit.
2. a small exploding firework. fire crackers.
3. a decorated paper tube, containing paper hats etc, which gives a loud crack when pulled apart.
ˈcrackers adjective crazy. You must be crackers to believe that!
crack a book, crack a book (slang) to open a book in order to read or study. He always gets high marks in his exams although he hardly cracks a textbook.
crack down (on) to act firmly against. The police have cracked down on drug dealers; to crack down on illegal immigration.
get cracking to get moving quickly.
have a crack (at) to have a try at.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cracker
→ نَوْعٌ مِنْ البَسْكويت krekr kiks Kräcker κράκερ galleta salada, petardo voileipäkeksi biscuit kreker cracker クラッカー 크래커 cracker kjeks krakers bolacha salgada крекер panggrej ขนมปังกรอบไม่หวาน kraker bánh quy giòn 饼干Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cracker
n. galleta.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cracker
n galleta saladaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.