firecracker
pronunciation
How to pronounce firecracker in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪəkrækə(r)]
How to pronounce firecracker in American English:
US [ˈfaɪərkrækə(r)]
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- Noun:
- firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Word Origin
- firecracker (n.)
- also fire-cracker, "exploding paper cylinder," 1830, American English coinage for what is in England a cracker, but the U.S. word distinguishes it from the word meaning "biscuit." See fire (n.) + agent noun from crack (v.). Sec 2 And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to burn, explode or throw any burning fire cracker, squib, turpentine balls or fire serpents in this state. [act of the General Assembly of the state of New Jersey, Feb. 18, 1835]
Example
- 1. The government denied he was attacked , saying that a firecracker had exploded near his motorcade .
- 2. Fireworks and firecracker - qualitative determination of pyrotechnic compositions .
- 3. A red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power .
- 4. A firecracker factory was burned down last night .
- 5. Siliguri , india : a worker 's hands are covered with gunpowder as she fills cardboard cylinders at a firecracker factory