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fire-cracker

fire-cracker is the alternative form of firecracker.

Meaning of firecracker

Noun

firecracker (plural firecrackers)

  1. A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.
    • She said she was awakened abruptly Friday night by the kid next door setting off a firecracker.2011, Ken Casper, As the Crow Dies, page 120
  2. (slang) A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
  3. (slang) Someone or something that is exciting, energetic, or unpredictable.
    • Jude Bellingham became the nation’s second youngest World Cup scorer behind Michael Owen when he started the rout – the centrepiece of a performance of power, skill and precision – while Bukayo Saka deserved his two goals, the first a firecracker, as he radiated menace with his every involvement.2022 November 21, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6-2 rout of Iran”, in The Guardian

Forms of fire-cracker

pluralfire-crackers

Questions about fire-cracker

What is fire-cracker the alternative form of?
Fire-cracker is the alternative form of firecracker.

Words near fire-cracker in the dictionary

  1. fire-breathing
  2. fire-bucket
  3. fire-buckets
  4. fire-capped tit
  5. fire-capped tits
  6. fire-cracker
  7. fire-crotch
  8. fire-crotches
  9. fire-cure
  10. fire-cured
  11. fire-cures

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