Cracker

Definition of Cracker

Crack´er Pronunciation: krăk´ẽr

n.	1.	One who, or that which, cracks.
	2.	A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? - Shak.
	3.	A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - usually called firecracker.
	4.	A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
	5.	A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
	6.	(Zool.) The pintail duck.
	7.	(Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.

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