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单词 cracker
释义

cracker

noun

crack·​er ˈkra-kər How to pronounce cracker (audio)
1
chiefly dialectal : a bragging liar : boaster
2
: something that makes a cracking or snapping noise: such as
a
: firecracker
b
: the snapping end of a whiplash : snapper
c
: a paper holder for a party favor that pops when the ends are pulled sharply
3
crackers plural : nutcracker
4
: a dry thin crispy baked bread product that may be leavened or unleavened
5
a
offensive
used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a poor, white, usually Southern person
b
sometimes offensive : a native or resident of Florida or Georgia
used as a nickname
6
: the equipment in which cracking (as of petroleum) is carried out
7
: hacker sense 4

Synonyms

  • cyberpunk
  • hacker
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Example Sentences

a plate of cheese and crackers a cracker who had broken into the intelligence agency's database attempted to leak the classified information

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cracker

noun

crack·​er ˈkra-kər How to pronounce cracker (audio)
: a dry thin baked food made of flour and water

cracker

noun

1
as in hacker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information a cracker who had broken into the intelligence agency's database attempted to leak the classified information

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • hacker
  • cyberpunk
  • computerist
  • techie
  • technocrat
  • gearhead
  • geek
  • phisher
  • technophile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • technophobe
  • computerphobe
2
as in cock
chiefly dialect someone who boasts you're a fool if you believe half of what that cracker says

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • cock
  • braggart
  • swaggerer
  • bragger
  • boaster
  • gascon
  • blower
  • vaunter
  • gasconader
  • blowhard
  • blusterer
  • brag
  • braggadocio
  • cockalorum
  • self-advertiser
  • self-dramatizer
  • self-promoter
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