cracker

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cracker

1	n	a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
2	n	firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
3	n	a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
4	n	a poor White person in the southern United States

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cracker

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a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking; soda cracker
unsweetened cracker leavened slightly with soda and cream of tartar; oyster cracker
a small dry usually round cracker; water biscuit
a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening; often served with cheese; graham cracker
semisweet whole-wheat cracker; pretzel
glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot; soft pretzel
a pretzel made of soft bread

Type of:: bread, breadstuff, staff of life
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

Types:: cannon cracker
a large firecracker; cherry bomb
a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power; whizbang, whizzbang
a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion

Type of:: firework, pyrotechnic
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Type of:: favor, favour, party favor, party favour
souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

“crackers are often mistakenly called hackers”

Type of:: coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

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