Christmas cracker
(British, Canada, New Zealand) A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or t
Definitions
(British, Canada, New Zealand) A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released.
Comments
Used in
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "Christmas cracker".
⚡About Tech, Dev & AI slang
The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "Christmas cracker" (C)
Browse all slang words starting with C.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- cracker bonbon67%
(US) A party favor in the form of a Christmas cracker.
- bonbon62%
(AU, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.
- crackers59%
(South Africa) A kind of noisy leather pants or trousers.
- chocolate crackle59%
(AU, NZ) A snack made from a mixture of Rice Bubbles, desiccated coconut and hydrogenated coconut oil left to set in patty cake cases.
- crackers57%
(UK, colloquial) Crazy, insane.