Cracker

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Synonyms 1.2 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.4 Etymology 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Synonyms

English

See also crackers

Pronunciation

• krăk'ə(r), /ˈkrækə(r)/, /"kr{k@(r)/

Noun

cracker (plural: crackers)

1. A piece of hard, salty bread.
2. One who illegally circumvents protections in security to gain unauthorized access.
3. 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.
4. (usually plural) Fireworks.

Synonyms

• (hard, salty bread) biscuit
• (twisted string on a whip): popper

Related terms

• cookie
• biscuit

Etymology

Originally applied by 18th-century cotton and rice planters to corn and wheat farmers, whose crops had to be cracked before consumption.

Noun

cracker (plural: crackers)

1. (Derogatory) Whites; persons who are considered white racially, often applied to financially disadvantaged American Southerners.

Synonyms

• (whites): white trash

Etymology

Blend of criminal and hacker

Noun

cracker (plural: crackers)

1. A person who uses various techniques on computer software to defeat copy protection, or to add features such as game cheats.

Synonyms

• (person who defeats software protection): black hat hackercs:cracker

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