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One who, or that which, cracks.

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  1. n. One who, or that which, cracks.
  2. n. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
  3. n. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
  4. n. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
  5. n. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
  6. n. The pintail duck.
  7. n. A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
  8. n. a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
  9. n. a poor White person in the southern United States
  10. n. a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things
  11. n. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
  12. n. a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends