firecracker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fire + cracker.
Compound parts: fire
cracker
Inflected forms:
form: firecrackers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fire-cracker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: She said she was awakened abruptly Friday night by the kid next door setting off a firecracker.
gloss: A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Someone or something that is exciting, energetic, or unpredictable.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: 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.
Related words: fireworks
Derived words: firecracker chicken
firecracker flower
firecracker plant
wet firecracker
Translations:
lang: Assamese
word: ফটকা
roman: photoka
lang: Asturian
word: restallón
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zırpaket
lang: Bulgarian
word: пира́тка
roman: pirátka
lang: Bulgarian
word: фишек
roman: fišek
lang: Catalan
word: petard
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 炮仗
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爆竹
roman: bàozhú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鞭炮
roman: biānpào
lang: Czech
word: petarda
lang: Dutch
word: rotje
lang: Esperanto
word: petardo
lang: Eyak
word: LAdlahG
lang: Finnish
word: sähikäinen
lang: Finnish
word: papattimatto
lang: French
word: pétard
lang: German
word: Böller
lang: German
word: Feuerwerkskörper
lang: German
word: Knallkörper
lang: German
word: Kracher
lang: Greek
word: κροτίδα
roman: krotída
lang: Greek
word: πυροτέχνημα
roman: pyrotéchnima
lang: Hindi
word: पटाका
roman: paṭākā
lang: Hungarian
word: petárda
lang: Indonesian
word: air mancur api
lang: Indonesian
word: mercon
lang: Italian
word: petardo
lang: Italian
word: mortaretto
lang: Italian
word: castagnola
lang: Japanese
word: 爆竹
roman: bakuchiku
lang: Japanese
word: 癇癪玉
roman: kanshakudama
lang: Kapampangan
word: pamakbung
lang: Khmer
word: ផាវ
roman: phaaw
lang: Korean
word: 폭죽
roman: pokjuk
lang: Korean
word: 불꽃
roman: bulkkot
lang: Macedonian
word: пета́рда
roman: petárda
lang: Malay
word: mercun
lang: Māori
word: tiripapā
lang: Norwegian
word: kinaputt
lang: Pohnpeian
word: anapi
lang: Polish
word: petarda
lang: Portuguese
word: traque
lang: Portuguese
word: bombinha
lang: Romanian
word: petardă
lang: Romanian
word: pocnitoare
lang: Russian
word: пета́рда
roman: petárda
lang: Russian
word: хлопу́шка
roman: xlopúška
lang: Russian
word: фейерве́рк
roman: fejjervérk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: petarda
lang: Spanish
word: petardo
lang: Spanish
word: piola
lang: Spanish
word: triquitraque
lang: Swedish
word: smällare
lang: Tagalog
word: pakbong
lang: Tagalog
word: rebentador
lang: Tagalog
word: labintador
lang: Tagalog
word: paputok
lang: Thai
word: ประทัด
roman: bprà-tát
lang: Tibetan
word: ཤོག་པག
roman: shog pag
lang: Turkish
word: havai fişek
lang: Turkish
word: kestane fişeği
lang: Urdu
word: پٹاخا
roman: paṭāxā
lang: Vietnamese
word: pháo