English noun: cracker |
1. | cracker (food) a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bread, breadstuff, staff of life |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | graham cracker, oyster cracker, pretzel, saltine, soda cracker, water biscuit |
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2. | cracker (person) a poor White person in the southern United States |
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| Synonyms | redneck |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rustic |
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3. | cracker (person) a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things |
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| Samples | Crackers are often mistakenly called hackers.
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| Broader (hypernym) | coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer |
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4. | cracker (artifact) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing |
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| Synonyms | banger, firecracker |
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| Broader (hypernym) | firework, pyrotechnic |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cannon cracker, cherry bomb, whizbang, whizzbang |
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5. | cracker (artifact) a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends |
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| Synonyms | cracker bonbon, snapper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | favor, favour, party favor, party favour |
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