cracker
A dry, thin, crispy baked breadA dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
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» We're out of crackers.
У нас закінчилися крекери. — deniko
У нас закінчилося печиво. — deniko
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14 sensesA dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
Cracker
кре́керkrɛ́ker, сухо́е пече́ньеsuxóje pečénʹje, суха́рьsuxárʹ
A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., nutcracker).
One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.
Cracker, Crackerin
A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., nutcracker).
a lobster and crab shell cracker
More meanings 11
A prawn cracker.
The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of the whip, which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is cracked.
A firecracker.
A Christmas cracker.
(UK)A northern pintail, a dabbling duck of species Anas acuta.
A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., nutcracker).
Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker
An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).
(obsolete)A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., nutcracker).
(obsolete)A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Origin
From Middle English craker (“a boaster”), equivalent to crack (“to break, snap, utter, makFrom Middle English craker (“a boaster”), equivalent to crack (“to break, snap, utter, make a sound”) + -er. From crack (verb), the sound made when one is broken. The hard "bread" and "biscuit" sense is first attested in 1739.
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Forms
plural: crackersSynonyms
8 synonyms- firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing:firecrackerbanger
- a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends:snappercracker bonbon
Word family
31 related wordsSee also
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