Meaning

3 senses
  1. A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.

  2. (slang)A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.

  3. (slang)Someone or something that is exciting, energetic, or unpredictable.

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

Examples

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  1. I thought the sound was a firecracker at first.

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  2. I thought that the sound was a firecracker at first.

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  3. I thought it was gunfire, but it was just the sound of firecrackers.

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  4. I thought that it was gunfire, but it was just the sound of firecrackers.

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  5. Tom lit a firecracker.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a firework:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a firework:
an energetic, unpredictable person:

Origin

From fire + cracker.

From fire + cracker.

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Forms

plural: firecrackers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing:crackerbanger

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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