CRACKER

n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who, or that which, cracks.

2.
n.

A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears Shak.

3.
n.

A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - - often called firecracker.

4.
n.

A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.

5.
n.

A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.

6.
n.

The pintail duck.

7.
n.

A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.


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