NOUN | artifact | firecracker, cracker, banger | firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing |
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Sounds | fay'erkrae.ker | |
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Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... |
Meaning | firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing. | |
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Synonyms | cracker, banger | |
Narrower | cannon cracker | A large firecracker |
cherry bomb | A red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power | |
whizbang, whizzbang | A firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing / whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion | |
Broader | firework, pyrotechnic | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames |
Spanish | petardo, piola, traca, triquitraque | |
Catalan | correcames, petard, traca |
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