Synonyms for cracker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : krak-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkræk ər

Définition of cracker

Origin : mid-15c., "hard wafer," but the specific application to a thin, crisp biscuit is 1739; agent noun from crack (v.). Cracker-barrel (adj.) "emblematic of down-home ways and views" is from 1877.

noun hard, often salted, baked wafer

Example sentences :

"Then wish for them, and fire off this," said Humpty Dumpty, handing her a cracker.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various

Here is a little toy (cracker) that you may have seen before (Fig. 23).
Extract from : « The Story of a Tinder-box » by Charles Meymott Tidy

He paused and swaggered a little on the precarious support of his cracker box.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

Since then, however, the cracker has undergone a gradual development.
Extract from : « Christmas: Its Origin and Associations » by William Francis Dawson

Father let me have a cracker just now, and it's got a whistle inside it.
Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil

Many serve them rolled in eggs and cracker dust; but thus they are not as good.
Extract from : « Breakfast Dainties » by Thomas J. Murrey

Pepper didn't 'want a cracker,' that time, did she, Grandma?
Extract from : « Jimmy Crow » by Edith Francis Foster

If the boss does come by—it's behind the cracker box and you should worry!
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

I hastened to the stable, and mounted Cracker, for the landing-place was a mile from the Castle.
Extract from : « Field and Forest » by Oliver Optic

Firefly and Cracker were harnessed, and I had only to take my seat on the load.
Extract from : « Field and Forest » by Oliver Optic

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