Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small explosive charge and a fuse in a heavy paper casing, exploded to make noise, as at celebrations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of firework consisting of a paper cylinder filled with a preparation of gunpowder, etc., stopped at each end, furnished with a fuse, and discharged for the sake of the noise of its explosion. It is of Chinese make.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small explosive device consisting of a paper or cardboard cylinder having only sufficient explosive mixture to make a loud bang, ignited by a short fuse, and used mostly as an entertainment or in celebrations. Same as
cracker ., n., 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
firework consisting of a string ofbangers linked by afuse designed to emit a series of loudbangs when lit. Traditionally used in Chinese celebrations (e.g. Chinese New Year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck. - noun A
peanut butter cracker baked withmarijuana , similar in concept to anAlice B. Toklas brownie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
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Examples
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Brent Napoleon, 23, strode in slow motion through the crowd in the living room, a sizzling dish of what he called firecracker salmon lofted like the Olympic torch.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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But a quick Google search revealed that the phrase refers to a firecracker that has failed to ignite, perhaps because it was left out in the rain.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Britain's Massive Anti-Austerity Strike: Could It Happen Here? RJ 2011
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But a quick Google search revealed that the phrase refers to a firecracker that has failed to ignite, perhaps because it was left out in the rain.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Britain's Massive Anti-Austerity Strike: Could It Happen Here? RJ 2011
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The telos of a fuse on a firecracker is a nice explosion.
Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003
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She Sarah Burton is a trailblazer and a firecracker, which is one of the reasons we decided that the character should have red hair and wear wonderful primary colours.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The manufacturer told the police that the firecracker was his company's product and that he regularly conducted firework displays.
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The manufacturer told the police that the firecracker was his company's product and that he regularly conducted firework displays.
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The manufacturer told the police that the firecracker was his company's product and that he regularly conducted firework displays.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was unhurt on Wednesday after an explosive device, officially described as a firecracker, went off near his motorcade.
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The manufacturer told the police that the firecracker was his company's product and that he regularly conducted firework displays.
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February 16, 2008