firecracker

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Noun

firecracker (plural firecrackers)

1. A firework consisting of a string of bangers linked by a fuse designed to emit a series of loud bangs when lit. Traditionally used in Chinese celebrations (e.g. Chinese New Year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck.
2. A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.

Derived terms

• firecracker chicken
• firecracker flower

Translations

a firework

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

  Mandarin: 爆竹 (cmn) (bàozhú), 鞭炮 (cmn) (biānpào)

• Finnish: sähikäinen (fi), papattimatto (fi)
• French: pétard (fr) m
• German: Böller (de) m, Feuerwerkskörper (de) m, Knallkörper (de) m, (colloquial) Kracher (de) m
• Greek: κροτίδα (el) (krotída) f, πυροτέχνημα (el) (pyrotéchnima) n
• Hungarian: petárda (hu)
• Indonesian: air mancur api (id)

• Italian: petardo (it) m
• Japanese: 爆竹 (ja) (ばくちく, bakuchiku)
• Korean: 폭죽 (ko) (pokjuk), (爆竹 (ko)), 불꽃 (ko) (bulkkot)
• Macedonian: петарда (mk) (petárda) f
• Malay: mercun (ms)
• Norwegian: kinaputt (no) m
• Russian: петарда (ru) (petárda) f, хлопушка (ru) (xlopúška) f, фейерверк (ru) (fejervérk) m
• Spanish: petardo (es), piola (es), triquitraque (es)
• Turkish: havai fişek (tr)