cracker

noun

ˈkra-kər How to pronounce cracker (audio)
Definition of crackernext
1
as in hacker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information a cracker who had broken into the intelligence agency's database attempted to leak the classified information

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2
as in cock
chiefly dialect someone who boasts you're a fool if you believe half of what that cracker says

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  1. hacker
  2. cock
  3. braggart
  4. blower
Noun
  • While there are organizations working against common sense board reform on digital and cybersecurity governance, the hackers and boardroom leaders are winning and the status quo is losing — expensively.
    Bob Zukis, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The activist hacker group Anonymous aided Iranians in finding ways to bypass the restrictions nearly three years ago.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of hacker
Noun
  • In the rank and file of men showering the cocks and balls took on the air almost of an independent species, exhibited in instructive contrasts.
    Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Definition of cock
Noun
  • He’s swept away in a sea of raves MILAN — Giorgio Armani is not a very good braggart.
    Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Researchers also studied real-life workplace braggarts and found their colleagues often perceived them negatively.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 May 2024
Definition of braggart
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  • Their team is made up of 300 workers, including more than 80 glass blowers and potters.
    Eric Noll, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of large, noisy blowers, the soundstages’ vast floors are heated with Iceland’s famous geothermal energy, and Kormakur asked for the stages to include windows, so crew members could see the light of day even when toiling on productions for long shoots.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of blower
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