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Firecracker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small explosive charge and a fuse in a heavy paper casing, exploded to make noise, as at celebrations.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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.

The 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.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

firework pyrotechnic

Cross Reference

floral fire-cracker

Variant

cracker

Hyponym

whizzbang cannon cracker cherry bomb whizbang

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