cracker
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
Types & categories
- breadstuff hypernym
- saltine hyponym
- soda cracker hyponym
- oyster cracker hyponym
- water biscuit hyponym
- graham cracker hyponym
- pretzel hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a poor White person in the southern United States
Types & categories
- rustic hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
crackers are often mistakenly called hackers
Types & categories
- programmer hypernym
Related & opposite
- crack derivation
Sense 4 noun
firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Types & categories
- firework hypernym
- cannon cracker hyponym
- cherry bomb hyponym
- whizbang hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
Types & categories
- party favor hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | breadstuff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | saltine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soda cracker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oyster cracker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water biscuit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | graham cracker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretzel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rustic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | programmer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | firework |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannon cracker |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cherry bomb |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | whizbang |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | click |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | party favor |