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Pronunciation : Crack"er (krk"r)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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. (Zo?l.)

Defn: The pintail duck.

7. pl. (Mach.)

Defn: A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913