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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Noun
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The guidance, issued by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was to help root out the hackers and prevent similar attacks in the future.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Word of the breach surfaced when certain information of cusotmers were posted on a hacker forum.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
6 June 2023
Noun
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Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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Still, Kimmel never came off as a braggart.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tom Moloughney, a tech reviewer and host of the State of Charge YouTube channel, deployed the Yarbo snow blower as snow and sleet blanketed his Chester, New Jersey property.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Finally, Shubert said people should be careful with snow blowers, as hand injuries often happen when people try to clear them without turning them off.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Cracker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracker. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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