cracker

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Synonyms: cracked, tracker, racker, clacker, craker, crackler, crocker, cranker, kracker, bracker, cacker

Antonyms: cracked, tracker, racker, clacker, craker, crackler, crocker, cranker, kracker, bracker, cacker

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[noisy]] [[boaster]]; a [[swagger]]ing fellow.
2. A [[dry]], [[thin]], [[crispy]] baked bread (usually [[salty]] or [[savoury]], but sometimes sweet, as in the case of [[graham cracker]]s and [[animal cracker]]s).
3. A [[prawn cracker]].
4. The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted [[string]] tied to the end of the [[whip]], which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is [[crack#Verb|cracked]].
5. A [[firecracker]].
6. A [[Christmas cracker]].
7. {{lb|en|UK}} A [[northern pintail]], a [[dabbling duck]] of species {{taxfmt|Anas acuta|species}}.
8. A person or thing that breaks a thing (e.g., [[nutcracker]]).
9. {{lb|en|slang|chiefly|British|Irish|Australia|New Zealand}} A [[fine]], [[great]] thing or person ([[crackerjack]]).
10. {{tea room sense|en|m=June|y=2025}} An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).
11. {{senseid|en|ethnic slur}} {{lb|en|US|derogatory|racial slur|offensive}} An [[impoverished]] white person from the southeastern [[United States]], originally associated with [[Georgia]] and parts of [[Florida]]; {{lb|en|by extension}} any white person (slang).

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