Etymology
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fire + cracker
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌkɹækə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
firecracker (plural firecrackers )
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 [1] , page 120 :She said she was awakened abruptly Friday night by the kid next door setting off a firecracker .
( slang , informal ) A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana , similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie .
( 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 [2] :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.
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Translations
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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 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
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
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