Chiefly British def - setting off a firecracker, or "Christmas Cracker". Christmas crackers are a traditional Christmas favorite in the UK. The Christmas Crackers are short cardboard tubes wrapped in colourful paper. There is normally a Cracker next to each plate on the Christmas dinner table. When the crackers are pulled - with a bang! - a colourful party hat, a toy or gift and a festive joke falls out.
"Sirius had not contacted Harry at all ... he did not like to think of Sirius alone in his mother's old house, perhaps pulling a lonely cracker (pull a cracker) with Kreacher."
J.K. Rowling.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York. Arthur A. Levine books (Scholastics). 2003
J.K. Rowling.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York. Arthur A. Levine books (Scholastics). 2003
by tieztoez July 03, 2016
Phrase used during the festive season to describe going out with a view to hooking up with an attractive person. Used during the festive season as it also describes pulling a festive cracker around the dining table.
by Joost911 September 04, 2010