"firecracker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌkɹækə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-firecracker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: firecrackers [plural]
Etymology: fire + cracker Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|cracker}} fire + cracker Head templates: {{en-noun}} firecracker (plural firecrackers)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Explosives, Personality, Pyrotechnics
    Sense id: en-firecracker-en-noun-iT0qwwMe Disambiguation of Explosives: 50 31 19 Disambiguation of Personality: 12 43 45 Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 31 38 31
  2. (slang, informal) A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Foods, Personality, Pyrotechnics
    Sense id: en-firecracker-en-noun-7VTfXt-C Disambiguation of Foods: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Personality: 12 43 45 Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 31 38 31
  3. (slang, informal) A individual who is quick-tempered, rambunctious, or unpredictable. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Personality, Pyrotechnics Translations (a firework): ফটকা (photoka) (Assamese), zırpaket (Azerbaijani), пира́тка (pirátka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), фишек (fišek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), petard [masculine] (Catalan), 炮仗 (alt: paau³ zoeng⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 爆竹 (bàozhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 鞭炮 (biānpào) (Chinese Mandarin), rotje [neuter] (Dutch), petardo (Esperanto), LAdlahG (Eyak), sähikäinen (Finnish), papattimatto (Finnish), pétard [masculine] (French), Böller [masculine] (German), Feuerwerkskörper [masculine] (German), Knallkörper [masculine] (German), Kracher [colloquial, masculine] (German), κροτίδα (krotída) [feminine] (Greek), πυροτέχνημα (pyrotéchnima) [neuter] (Greek), पटाका (paṭākā) [masculine] (Hindi), petárda (Hungarian), air mancur api (Indonesian), petardo [masculine] (Italian), mortaretto [masculine] (Italian), castagnola [feminine] (Italian), 爆竹 (bakuchiku) (alt: ばくちく) (Japanese), 癇癪玉 (kanshakudama) (alt: かんしゃくだま) (Japanese), ផាវ (phaaw) (Khmer), 폭죽 (pokjuk) (alt: 爆竹) (Korean), 불꽃 (bulkkot) (Korean), пета́рда (petárda) [feminine] (Macedonian), mercun (Malay), tiripapā (Maori), kinaputt [masculine] (Norwegian), anapi (Pohnpeian), petarda [feminine] (Polish), traque [masculine] (Portuguese), petardă [feminine] (Romanian), pocnitoare [feminine] (Romanian), пета́рда (petárda) [feminine] (Russian), хлопу́шка (xlopúška) [feminine] (Russian), фейерве́рк (fejervérk) [masculine] (Russian), petardo (Spanish), piola (Spanish), triquitraque (Spanish), smällare [common-gender] (Swedish), pakbong (Tagalog), rebentador (Tagalog), labintador (Tagalog), ประทัด (bprà-tát) (Thai), ཤོག་པག (shog pag) (Tibetan), havai fişek (Turkish), پٹاخا (paṭāxā) (Urdu), pháo (Vietnamese) Translations (an energetic, unpredictable person): pétard (French), coléreux (French), coléreuse (French), soupe au lait (French), Hitzkopf (German), Kracher (German), Knaller (German), tűzrőlpattant (Hungarian), fiera (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-firecracker-en-noun-vN85zZPH Disambiguation of Personality: 12 43 45 Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 31 38 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 18 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 19 63 Disambiguation of 'a firework': 24 9 67 Disambiguation of 'an energetic, unpredictable person': 8 35 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire-cracker Derived forms: firecracker chicken, firecracker flower, wet firecracker Related terms: fireworks

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          "word": "ประทัด"
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          "sense": "a firework",
          "word": "ཤོག་པག"
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          "roman": "paṭāxā",
          "sense": "a firework",
          "word": "پٹاخا"
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}
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      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "photoka",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "ফটকা"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "zırpaket"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pirátka",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пира́тка"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fišek",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фишек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "petard"
    },
    {
      "alt": "paau³ zoeng⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "炮仗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàozhú",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "爆竹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biānpào",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "鞭炮"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rotje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "petardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eya",
      "lang": "Eyak",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "LAdlahG"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "sähikäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "papattimatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pétard"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Böller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Feuerwerkskörper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knallkörper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kracher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "krotída",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κροτίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pyrotéchnima",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "πυροτέχνημα"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paṭākā",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पटाका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "petárda"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "air mancur api"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "petardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mortaretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "castagnola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばくちく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakuchiku",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "爆竹"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんしゃくだま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanshakudama",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "癇癪玉"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phaaw",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "ផាវ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "爆竹",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pokjuk",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "폭죽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulkkot",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "불꽃"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "petárda",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пета́рда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "mercun"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "tiripapā"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kinaputt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pon",
      "lang": "Pohnpeian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "anapi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petardă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pocnitoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "petárda",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пета́рда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlopúška",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хлопу́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fejervérk",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фейерве́рк"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "petardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "piola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "triquitraque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smällare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "pakbong"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "rebentador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "labintador"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-tát",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "ประทัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "shog pag",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "ཤོག་པག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "havai fişek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "paṭāxā",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "پٹاخا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a firework",
      "word": "pháo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "pétard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "coléreux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "coléreuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "soupe au lait"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "Hitzkopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "Kracher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "Knaller"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "tűzrőlpattant"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an energetic, unpredictable person",
      "word": "fiera"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "firecracker"
  ],
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}

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