Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small explosive charge and a fuse in a heavy paper casing, exploded to make noise, as at celebrations.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A species of firework consisting of a paper cylinder filled with a preparation of gunpowder, etc., stopped at each end, furnished with a fuse, and discharged for the sake of the noise of its explosion. It is of Chinese make.
Wiktionary
- n. A firework consisting of a string of bangers linked by a fuse designed to emit a series of loud bangs when lit. Traditionally used in Chinese celebrations (e.g. Chinese New Year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck.
- n. A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Examples
“Brent Napoleon, 23, strode in slow motion through the crowd in the living room, a sizzling dish of what he called firecracker salmon lofted like the Olympic torch.”
“But a quick Google search revealed that the phrase refers to a firecracker that has failed to ignite, perhaps because it was left out in the rain.”
“The telos of a fuse on a firecracker is a nice explosion.”
“She Sarah Burton is a trailblazer and a firecracker, which is one of the reasons we decided that the character should have red hair and wear wonderful primary colours.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was unhurt on Wednesday after an explosive device, officially described as a firecracker, went off near his motorcade.”
“The manufacturer told the police that the firecracker was his company's product and that he regularly conducted firework displays.”
“It's like calling a firecracker that does not level a building a dud.”
“Ahmadinejad's office quickly denied any attack had taken place, saying a "firecracker" had gone off.”
The Washington Post: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's convoy attacked according to Iranian media
“But his office quickly denied any attack had taken place, saying a "firecracker" had gone off.”
The Washington Post: World digest: U.N. tries to reduce Israel-Lebanon tension
“Honestly, I never would have gotten "firecracker" out of that.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘firecracker’.
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fire place
place to place 'fire' words
fire eater, field of fire, campfire, backfire, cannon fire, cease-fire, crown fire, center-fire, direct fire, fire pit, cookfire, fire tongs and 111 more...
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Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
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Fire when ready
Words and phrases containing fire.
fire ant, crossfire, fire and brimstone, spitfire, firepower, fireflower, firetower, firetrap, brushfire, fireworks, fire storm, fight fire with fire and 84 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, F
felony, frolic, fend, fuselage, farthingale, freewheeling, frigorific, flummery, fancypants, felsitic, flagstone, flageolet and 295 more...
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Favorite Words
i love words.
ricochet, clavicle, etymology, equivocate, decoupage, dillydally, effervescent, flimflam, haberdashery, hullabaloo, debacle, juxtapose and 210 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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(Medical) Marijuana Strains
Names of various "medicinal" Cannabis strains, harvested from various sources.
grape ape, grape wreck, trainwreck, black domina, sweet wreck, cal-p, jack herer, purple princess, northern lights #5, amnesia haze, c5 haze, cambodian haze and 685 more...
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quite a handful.
this girl has fire.
firebrand, spitfire, firecracker, rebel, insurrectionist, zealot, maverick, misfit, dreamer, agitator, instigator, inciter and 27 more...
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To Eat, Or Not To Eat?
pie-dog, piebald, pie chart, piece of cake, piecemeal, nut and bolt, wingnut, beebread, toe jam, butterfly, Luxemburger, pi and 22 more...
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stanton's Words
msg, sushi, taro, lychee, no big deal, the denver nuggets, swamp, aid-the-poor, rural labourer, toothpick, firecracker, clothes rack and 84 more...
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In Case of Emergency
Words I love that will hopefully help me in a pinch.
opal, spinsterhood, incorrigible, saucy, irk, castrate, stifle, whatnot, flounce, smithereens, serendipity, botch and 12 more...
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Baby, You're a Firework
cherry bomb, whizbang, cannon cracker, ladyfinger, banger, cracker, ashcan, gerb, crow scarer, squib, squib-cracker, fizgig and 27 more...
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thievingmagpie's Words
idiosyncrasy, dulcet, tension, mourn, seethe, firecracker, taint, haunt, cuddly, tintinnabulation
Tweets
Looking for tweets for firecracker.
treeseed See also M-80 Feb 16, 2008