CRACKER


Meaning of CRACKER in English

/ ˈkrækə(r); NAmE / noun

1.

a thin dry biscuit that is often salty and usually eaten with cheese

—see also cream cracker , graham cracker

2.

(also ˌChristmas ˈcracker ) 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 Britain at Christmas parties and meals :

Who wants to pull this cracker with me?

—see also firecracker

3.

( BrE , 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!

4.

( NAmE , slang ) an offensive word for a poor white person with little education from the southern US

5.

( informal ) a person who illegally finds a way of looking at or stealing information on sb else's computer system

6.

( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) an attractive woman

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.