Cracker vs. Cranker
Crackernoun
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
Crankernoun
One who operates a crank.
Crackernoun
A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
Crackernoun
A firecracker.
Crackernoun
A person or thing that cracks, or that cracks a thing (e.g. whip cracker; nutcracker).
Crackernoun
The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope and produces a cracking sound.
Crackernoun
A Christmas cracker.
Crackernoun
Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker
Crackernoun
A fine thing or person (crackerjack).
âShe's an absolute cracker! The show was a cracker!â;
Crackernoun
An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).
Crackernoun
(computing) One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.
Crackernoun
(obsolete) A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
Crackernoun
An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person.
Crackernoun
A police officer.
Crackernoun
A northern pintail, species of dabbling duck.
Crackernoun
(obsolete) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Crackernoun
One who, or that which, cracks.
Crackernoun
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
âWhat cracker is this same that deafs our ears?â;
Crackernoun
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - usually called firecracker.
Crackernoun
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
Crackernoun
A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
Crackernoun
The pintail duck.
Crackernoun
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Crackernoun
a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
Crackernoun
a poor white person in the southern United States
Crackernoun
a programmer who `cracks' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things;
âcrackers are often mistakenly called hackersâ;
Crackernoun
firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Crackernoun
a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
Crackernoun
a person or thing that cracks.
Crackernoun
an installation for cracking hydrocarbons
âa catalytic crackerâ;
Crackernoun
a person who breaks into a computer system, typically for an illegal purpose.
Crackernoun
a decorated paper cylinder which, when pulled apart, makes a sharp noise and releases a small toy or other novelty
âa Christmas crackerâ;
Crackernoun
a firework that explodes with a sharp noise.
Crackernoun
a thin dry biscuit, typically eaten with cheese
âthe sausage is delicious on hot toast or crackersâ;
Crackernoun
a light crisp made of rice or tapioca flour
âprawn crackersâ;
Crackernoun
a fine example of something
âdon't miss this cracker of a CDâ;
Crackernoun
an attractive person, especially a woman
âyou look a crackerâ;
Crackernoun
another term for poor white
