cracker
noun /ˈkrækə(r)/
/ˈkrækər/
- enlarge imagea thin dry biscuit that often tastes of salt and is usually eaten with cheese see also cream cracker, graham cracker, prawn cracker, soda crackerTopics Foodb2
- (also Christmas cracker)a tube of coloured paper that makes a loud explosive sound when it is pulled open by two people. Crackers usually contain a paper hat, a small present and a joke, and are used in the UK at Christmas parties and meals.
- Who wants to pull this cracker with me?
- (British English, informal) something that you think is very good, funny, etc.
- It was a cracker of a goal.
- I've got a joke for you. It's a real cracker!
- (North American English, slang) an offensive word for a poor white person with little education from the southern US
- (informal) a person who illegally finds a way of looking at or stealing information on somebody else’s computer systemTopics Computersc2
- (British English, old-fashioned, informal) an attractive womanTopics Appearancec2