cracker
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crackers
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crackers
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRACKER
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1
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a dry, thin baked food that is made of flour and water and is often eaten with cheese
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see also animal cracker, graham cracker, oyster cracker, soda cracker
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a plate of cheese and crackers
2
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a person who can crack something (such as a safe or a secret code)
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a safe cracker [=a criminal who can opens a safe illegally]
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a code cracker
3
chiefly British
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a colorful paper tube that holds small gifts and that opens with a loud noise when the ends are pulled
◊ Crackers are commonly used in Britain at Christmas.
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a Christmas cracker
4
British, informal
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a very good, amusing, or attractive person or thing
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The match should be real cracker.
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The guitarist played a cracker of a solo.
5
US, informal + offensive
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a poor usually Southern white person
