What is "cracker"

Cracker \Crack"er\ (kr[a^]k"[~e]r), n.

1. One who, or that which, cracks.

2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]

   What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
   --Shak.

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.

4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.

5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
   --Bartlett.

6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.

7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
   --Knight.

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.

Southern U.S. derogatory term for "poor, white trash" (1766), probably an agent noun from crack (v.) in the sense "to boast" (as in not what it's cracked up to be). Compare Latin crepare "to rattle, crack, creak," with a secondary figurative sense of "boast of, prattle, make ado about."I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, who often change their places of abode. [1766, G. Cochrane]\nBut DARE compares corn-cracker "poor white farmer" (1835, U.S. Midwest colloquial). Especially of Georgians by 1808, though often extended to residents of northern Florida. Another name in mid-19c. use was sand-hiller "poor white in Georgia or South Carolina."\n\nNot very essentially different is the condition of a class of people living in the pine-barrens nearest the coast [of South Carolina], as described to me by a rice-planter. They seldom have any meat, he said, except they steal hogs, which belong to the planters, or their negroes, and their chief diet is rice and milk. "They are small, gaunt, and cadaverous, and their skin is just the color of the sand-hills they live on. They are quite incapable of applying themselves steadily to any labor, and their habits are very much like those of the old Indians."

[Frederick Law Olmsted, "A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States," 1856]

Etymology 1 n. 1 A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers). 2 A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or ''cracked''. 3 A firecracker. 4 A person or thing that crack, or that cracks a thing (e.g. whip cracker; nutcracker). 5 (Perhaps from previous sense.) A native of Florida or Georgia. See Wikipedia:Cracker (slang) 6 (context pejorative ethnic slur English) A white person, especially one form the Southeastern United States. Also "white cracker". See Wikipedia:Cracker (slang) 7 A Christmas cracker. 8 refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a ''cat-cracker'' 9 (context chiefly British English) A fine thing or person (crackerjack). Etymology 2

n. (context US pejorative racial slur English) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; ''by extension:'' any white person.

1. n. a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet

2. a poor white person in the southern United States [syn: redneck]

3. a programmer who `cracks' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"

4. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, banger]

5. a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [syn: snapper, cracker bonbon]

Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. Set in Manchester, the series is centered on a criminal psychologist (or "cracker"), Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane, who works with the Greater Manchester Police to help them solve crimes. The show consists of three series which were originally aired from 1993 to 1995. A 100-minute special set in Hong Kong followed in 1996, and another two-hour story in 2006.

Cracker was a British comic book magazine printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from the issues dated 18 January 1975 to 11 September 1976 (a total of 87 issues), when it merged with The Beezer. Some material from Cracker was reprinted in Classics from the Comics.

Cracker is an American alternative rock band led by singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. The band is best known for its gold-selling 1993 album, Kerosene Hat, which includes the hit songs " Low" and " Euro-Trash Girl."

Lowery and Hickman formed the band in 1991, releasing the album Cracker the following year (which included singles "Happy Birthday to Me" and "Teen Angst") on Virgin Records. The band has been touring ever since, releasing 10 studio albums and several compilations, collaborations, solo projects and live albums. The band's newest studio album, Berkeley to Bakersfield, was released December 9, 2014 on 429 Records.

Cracker mix influences and sounds from rock, punk, grunge, psychedelia, country, blues and folk.

A cracker is a baked food typically made from flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, and/or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before baking. Crackers are often branded as a nutritious and convenient way to consume a staple food or cereal grain.

Crackers are eaten on their own or can accompany other food items, such as cheese or meat slices; dips; or soft spreads such as jam, butter, or peanut butter. Bland or mild crackers are sometimes used as a palate cleanser in food product testing or flavor testing, between samples. A precedent for the modern cracker can be found in nautical ship biscuits, military hardtack, and sacramental bread.

Ancestors of the cracker can be found in ancient flatbreads, such as lavash, pita, matzo, flatbrød, and crisp bread. Asian analogues include papadum and senbei.

Cracker is an American crime drama series produced by Granada Entertainment for ABC and based upon the British television crime drama of the same name created by Jimmy McGovern. An innovative but disturbing take on the standard police-detective genre, the Americanized Cracker consists of sixteen one-hour episodes set in Los Angeles. It stars Robert Pastorelli as criminal psychologist Gerry 'Fitz' Fitzgerald and a young Josh Hartnett. Robbie Coltrane, the star of the original series, appears as a villain in one episode. The remade show was broadcast as Fitz in some countries, including the UK.

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Cracker is the debut studio album by American rock band Cracker, released on March 10, 1992. The album sold over 200,000 copies by April 1994.

Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a usually derogatory and/or offensive term for white people, especially poor rural whites in the Southern United States. In reference to a native of Florida or Georgia, however, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with pride (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker).

Cracker, crackers or The Crackers may refer to:

Cracker (benchmark) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Cracker is a benchmark summit located on a ridgeline northeast of Mount Siyeh.