crackah

Noun

cracker (plural crackers)

1. (obsolete) A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
   • What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
2. A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).

   Synonyms:

   biscuit

3. A prawn cracker.
   • There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall,
     What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all,
     And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook.
     Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook.1929 February 10, The Sunday Times, Sydney, page 26, column 7
4. The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of the whip, which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is cracked.

   Synonyms:

   popper, snapper

5. A firecracker.
6. A Christmas cracker.
   • It is customary in every part of China to fire off crackers on the last day and night of the year for the purpose of terrifying expelling the devils.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 146

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