American slang for a Southern white man, used as a slur to suggest white trashiness, an uneducated, low-class or poor man. Derived from those who would distill moonshine liquor from fermentation of dried, cracked corn.
"You know, they think that because of who I am and where my political base has traditionally been, they may want me to go sort of hustle up what Lawton Chiles used to call the 'cracker vote' there." - President Bill Clinton, 2008. on Larry King Live (CNN).
by allelulia January 15, 2016
by morbitek. November 3, 2013
by LDN massive November 22, 2019
1) (brit. slang) crazy or insane
2) a small kind of firework filled with powder, which explodes with a sharp noise or with a series of sharp cracks.
3) one who breaks open, into, or through, as a safe, a secret code, or a barrier.
4) a thin, crisp biscuit.
5) one who throws out or utters with smartness.
2) a small kind of firework filled with powder, which explodes with a sharp noise or with a series of sharp cracks.
3) one who breaks open, into, or through, as a safe, a secret code, or a barrier.
4) a thin, crisp biscuit.
5) one who throws out or utters with smartness.
by MidKnight Outlaw June 13, 2008
A term commonly used in Miami in reference to an authoritative figure such as the police, government, or officials within the government that is able to exercise police power(s).
Hey bro you were supposed to be here 2 hours ago, what happened?
I pulled out of my complex & the crackers pulled me over for speeding thru a red light.
I pulled out of my complex & the crackers pulled me over for speeding thru a red light.
by JB-305 March 3, 2014
A loud bigoted white person. See also Poor White Trash The first recognized usage of the term can be traced to a letter to The Earl of Dartmouth in 1766. By the 19th century, the term was commonly used by more affluent whites to insult poorer whites.
Certain WHINY white people who rather like to imagine themselves victims of 'reverse racism' fail to realize the term Cracker oiginated from the British who looked down on poor American white people. They should learn read books before they type inane half truths on the internet.
by anonygirl October 28, 2005
Racist term for Southern United States white males from their seemingly constant inebriation on "cracked" corn liquior
by Section(8) March 2, 2010