Crack"er (kr?k"?r), n.

1.

One who, or that which, cracks.

2.

A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.

[Obs.]

What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? Shak.

3.

A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often 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.

Bartlett.

6. Zool.

The pintail duck.

7. pl. Mach.

A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.

Knight.

 

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