firecracker

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firecracker

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Etymology

From fire +‎ cracker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌkɹækə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

firecracker (plural firecrackers)

1. A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.
   • 2011, Ken Casper, As the Crow Dies‎, page 120:

     She said she was awakened abruptly Friday night by the kid next door setting off a firecracker.

2. (slang, informal) A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
3. (slang, informal) An individual who is quick-tempered, rambunctious, or unpredictable.
   • 2022 November 21, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6-2 rout of Iran”, in The Guardian‎:

     Jude Bellingham became the nation’s second youngest World Cup scorer behind Michael Owen when he started the rout – the centrepiece of a performance of power, skill and precision – while Bukayo Saka deserved his two goals, the first a firecracker, as he radiated menace with his every involvement.

Alternative forms

• fire-cracker

Derived terms

• firecracker chicken
• firecracker flower
• wet firecracker

Translations

a firework

Assamese: ফটকা (photoka) Azerbaijani: zırpaket Bulgarian: пира́тка f (pirátka), фишек (bg) m (fišek) Catalan: petard (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 炮仗 (paau3 zoeng6-2) Mandarin: 爆竹 (zh) (bàozhú), 鞭炮 (zh) (biānpào) Dutch: rotje (nl) n Esperanto: petardo Eyak: LAdlahG Finnish: sähikäinen (fi), papattimatto (fi) French: pétard (fr) m German: Böller (de) m, Feuerwerkskörper (de) m, Knallkörper (de) m, (colloquial) Kracher (de) m Greek: κροτίδα (el) f (krotída), πυροτέχνημα (el) n (pyrotéchnima) Hindi: पटाका (hi) m (paṭākā) Hungarian: petárda (hu) Indonesian: air mancur api Italian: petardo (it) m, mortaretto (it) m, castagnola (it) f Japanese: 爆竹 (ja) (ばくちく, bakuchiku), 癇癪玉 (かんしゃくだま, kanshakudama) Khmer: ផាវ (km) (phaaw) Korean: 폭죽(爆竹) (ko) (pokjuk), 불꽃 (ko) (bulkkot) Macedonian: пета́рда f (petárda) Malay: mercun (ms) Maori: tiripapā Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: kinaputt m Pohnpeian: anapi Polish: petarda (pl) f Portuguese: traque (pt) m, bombinha m Romanian: petardă (ro) f, pocnitoare (ro) f Russian: пета́рда (ru) f (petárda), хлопу́шка (ru) f (xlopúška), фейерве́рк (ru) m (fejervérk) Spanish: petardo (es), piola (es), triquitraque (es) Swedish: smällare (sv) c Tagalog: pakbong, rebentador, labintador Thai: ประทัด (th) (bprà-tát) Tibetan: ཤོག་པག (shog pag) Turkish: havai fişek (tr) Urdu: پٹاخا (paṭāxā) Vietnamese: pháo (vi)

an energetic, unpredictable person

French: pétard (fr), coléreux (fr), coléreuse (fr), soupe au lait (fr) German: Hitzkopf (de), Kracher (de), Knaller (de) Hungarian: tűzrőlpattant (hu) Spanish: fiera (es)

See also

• fireworks