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firecracker

firecracker

English

Noun

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.
A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
A person who is exciting and/or unpredictable.

Derived terms

Translations

a firework

Bulgarian: пиратка f ‎(pirátka), фишек (bg) m ‎(fišek)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 炮仗 ‎(paau³ zoeng⁶⁻²)

Mandarin: 爆竹 (zh) ‎(bàozhú), 鞭炮 (zh) ‎(biānpào)
Finnish: sähikäinen (fi), papattimatto
French: pétard (fr) m
German: Böller (de) m, Feuerwerkskörper (de) m, Knallkörper m, (colloquial) Kracher m
Greek: κροτίδα (el) f ‎(krotída), πυροτέχνημα (el) n ‎(pyrotéchnima)
Hungarian: petárda
Indonesian: air mancur api
Italian: petardo (it) m, mortaretto (it) m
Japanese: 爆竹 (ja) ‎(ばくちく, bakuchiku)

Korean: 폭죽 (ko) ‎(pokjuk), (爆竹 (ko)), 불꽃 (ko) ‎(bulkkot)
Macedonian: петарда f ‎(petárda)
Malay: mercun
Maori: tiripapā
Norwegian: kinaputt m
Pohnpeian: anapi
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)
Tagalog: pakbong, rebentador, labintador
Turkish: havai fişek (tr)

See also

fireworks