crackerjack
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 32
- Words With Friends
- 37
- Letters
- 11
/ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/
Definition of crackerjack
8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
“Near-synonym: cracking”
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adj
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Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
“Near-synonym: cracking”
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Expert, top-rated or high-performing.
“Near-synonym: cracking”
- (US, not-comparable, slang)Referring to clothing items (pants, jersey, collar) that constitute the traditional blue uniform of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
noun
- An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person.
- An expert or top-rated individual (e.g., a marksman).
- (US, countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable)The traditional blue uniforms of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
- (US, countable, slang, uncountable)A U.S. Navy sailor.
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(US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of cracker jack; popcorn candied in molasses-flavored caramel and peanuts.
“"Here, here's the popcorn man," Sid said as a vendor passed, pushing a cart. Sid bought a package of crackerjack and opened it while Mickey jumped up and down, unable to wait.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From crack (“highly skilled, excellent”) + -er + jack (“man”).
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