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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 United States and other countries are apprehensive that hackers are now pilfering data to be decrypted by quantum computers within the next ten years.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025 -
Last week Microsoft issued patches to its SharePoint Server software after Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability, gaining access to some clients’ internal files.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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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When a person lacks humility, the deficiency will show up as being a braggart and disrespectful.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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The models use blower parts to push an enormous amount of air up a small pipe, through a chopper and out the horn.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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That was the case until the week after Easter 2023 when the organ's 113-year-old blower finally gave out – marking the true end of its life, Robertson said.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Cracker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracker. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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