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Plural of firecracker

regular plural

The plural of firecracker is firecrackers.

Forms of firecracker

Singularfirecracker /ˈfaɪəˌkɹækə/
Pluralfirecrackers
Countablecountable

Firecrackers in a sentence

  • The sound of firecrackers restimulated the war veteran, and he felt tired for several days after.From the entry restimulate
  • My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.From the entry scamp
  • What they use to scare off polar bears is firecrackers and air horns.”2000, Andrew Dequasie, Vermont Mosaic: Whizzers and Other Short Fictional Tales of Vermont, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry fer-instance
  • Page felt hesitant to publish – finally went off "like wet firecrackers."1982, Amerikastudien - Volume 27, page 228. From the entry dynamitic
  • “Howja make firecrackers sound just like guns indoors?” Boy, they sure got some smart guys there, she thought.2010, Charisse Goodman, The Starved Senses, Dog Ear Publishing,, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry howja

Meaning of firecracker

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
  3. noun Someone or something that is exciting, energetic, or unpredictable.

Full definition of firecracker

Questions about the plural of firecracker

What is the plural of firecracker?
The plural of firecracker is firecrackers.
Is firecracker countable?
Firecracker is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: firecracker (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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