cracker
/ˈkrækər/
noun
- A thin, dry, crispy baked food, often eaten with cheese or spreads.
- These whole-wheat crackers are perfect with soup.
- She put a bowl of crackers on the table for the party.
- I like to eat cheese on a cracker for a quick snack.
- A person who breaks into computer systems without permission; a hacker (often with a negative meaning).
- A cracker stole thousands of credit card numbers from the company.
- Security experts work to stop crackers from accessing private data.
- The website was shut down by a cracker who attacked its servers.
- A small firework that makes a loud noise when pulled apart or thrown.
- The children pulled the Christmas cracker and laughed at the joke inside.
- We set off crackers to celebrate the New Year.
- Be careful with that cracker — it makes a loud bang.
- A tool or device used to break something open, such as a nutcracker or a lobster cracker.
- Use the nut cracker to open the walnuts.
- He bought a lobster cracker to help with the seafood dinner.
- The cracker easily broke the hard shell of the crab.
- A person or thing that cracks something, such as a whip cracker or a safe cracker.
- The safe cracker used special tools to open the vault.
- He is known as a whip cracker in the rodeo.
- The code cracker solved the puzzle in minutes.
adjective
- Excellent or very good (informal, British slang).
- That was a cracker goal in the soccer match!
- She told a cracker joke that made everyone laugh.
- We had a cracker time at the festival.