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