'firecracker' definitions:
Definition of 'firecracker'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'firecracker'
From: GCIDE
- firecracker \fire"crack`er\, n. A small explosive device consisting of a paper or cardboard cylinder having only sufficient explosive mixture to make a loud bang, ignited by a short fuse, and used mostly as an entertainment or in celebrations. Same as Cracker., n., 3. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'firecracker'
From: GCIDE
- Cracker \Crack"er\ (kr[a^]k"[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who, or that which, cracks. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- usually called firecracker. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Zool.) The pintail duck. [1913 Webster]
- 7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'firecracker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boiler factory,
- boiler room,
- bomb,
- bull-roarer,
- cap,
- catcall,
- cherry bomb,
- clack,
- clacker,
- clapper,
- cracker,
- cricket,
- flare,
- flowerpot,
- girandole,
- horn,
- Klaxon,
- ladyfinger,
- noisemaker,
- pinwheel,
- rattle,
- rattlebox,
- rocket,
- Roman candle,
- serpent,
- siren,
- skyrocket,
- snake,
- snapper,
- sparkler,
- squib,
- steam whistle,
- ticktack,
- torpedo,
- whistle,
- whizgig,
- whizzer