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. braggart
  3. blower
Noun
  • The hackers are able to capture keystrokes, screenshots, audio, and video, monitor the clipboard, and operate the device remotely.
    — Mason Leib, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • An on-chain analysis by blockchain intelligence firm Galaxy Research revealed that the hackers have already moved approximately 1,816 Bitcoin, worth nearly $116 million, off those wallets.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of hacker
Noun
  • Clayton is cool and kind and a big braggart.
    — Wendy Paris, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Not to become a braggart, but to amplify my or our team’s success on projects or risk going unnoticed.
    — Lintao "LT" Lu, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of braggart
Noun
  • Piedmont Park Arts Festival This long-standing arts festival brings out more than 250 sculptors, painters, leatherworkers, glass blowers, jewelers and more.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • Maybe the manager didn’t feel like flapping their arms to dry them, seeing as how the cookline handwash sink didn’t have paper towels or a blower.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of blower
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“Cracker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cracker. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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