1 a thin dry biscuit that is often salty and usually eaten with cheese
seealsoGRAHAMCRACKER
2 (also Christmas cracker) a tube of coloured paper that makes a loud explosive sound when it is pulled open by two people. Crackers usually contain a paper hat, a small present and a joke, and are used in Britain at Christmas parties and meals:
Who wants to pull this cracker with me?
seealsoFIRECRACKER
3 (BrE, informal) something that you think is very good, funny, etc:
It was a cracker of a goal. * I've got a joke for you. It's a real cracker!
4 (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) an attractive woman
5 (AmE, slang) an offensive word for a poor white person with little education from the southern US
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