firecracker

Noun

Meaning

See Cracker., n., 3.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cracker banger angel popper babe minx cap mad fuze snapper petard pyro gun joint missile
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Antonyms

ugly woman frumpish girl unbeautiful girl dowdy girl homely girl average-looking girl
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Hypernyms

firework pyrotechnic

Hyponyms

cherry bomb cannon cracker whizbang whizzbang

Phrases with the word

little firecracker lit firecracker firecracker plant

Examples

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. Stanley Kubrick

I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head. Dick Dale

I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave. Ron Kovic

I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme. Garrison Keillor

Oh, it is an absolute firecracker from Giovanni van Bronckhorst! One, nil! Holland! Ian Darke

Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. Stanley Kubrick

Close letter words and terms

fireclay firecoal firecock firecracker chicken firecracker flower firecracker plant