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Crackers   /krˈækərz/   Listen
Crackers

adjective
1.
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.  Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky.


Cracker

noun
1.
A thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet.
2.
A poor White person in the southern United States.  Synonym: redneck.
3.
A programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things.
4.
Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing.  Synonyms: banger, firecracker.
5.
A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends.  Synonyms: cracker bonbon, snapper.



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"Crackers" Quotes from Famous Books



... things, we must make the best of what we have. Our luncheon is all gone; but there are two or three crackers in the locker, which I threw ...
— Little By Little - or, The Cruise of the Flyaway • William Taylor Adams
... "Oh, I forgot those cheese-crackers!" suddenly cried Betty, when they had gone several miles. "I had them on the hall table, and I'm sure I forgot to put ...
— The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car - The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley • Laura Lee Hope
... Nine little fire crackers Walking very straight, One caught an engine spark Then— There ...
— Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) - Fun and Thought for Little Folk • Various
... even as the crackers were being handed round, the sound of the carol-singers was heard from outside, and Lucia had to wince, as "Good King Wenceslas" looked out. When the Page and the King sang their speeches, the other voices grew piano, ...
— Queen Lucia • E. F. Benson
... most favourable to the banquet and the company. Few dishes are now placed on the table at dessert. There should be at least three glasses placed before each guest, one of which must be of coloured glass, and water-tumblers here and there at hand. To each, also, a dessert-plate, a knife, fork, nut-crackers, and d'Oyley; the decanters of such wines as the host chooses to bring forth, on their proper stands; and salt-cellars, and sugar-vases with perforated ladles, must also be ...
— Routledge's Manual of Etiquette • George Routledge


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