# crackers

Pronunciation: US say "KRAK-urz" /ˈkɹækɚz/; UK say "KRAK-uhz" /ˈkɹækəz/; AUS say "KRA-kuhz" /ˈkɹækə(ɹ)z/

## Noun

1. Plural of cracker. — plural of cracker
   - Simple: Plural of cracker. Use it when there is more than one.
   - _At the holiday dinner, everyone pulled crackers and put on the paper crowns inside._
   - _Software crackers had stripped out the copy protection within a day of the game's release._
3. The testicles. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A man's testicles.
   - _The dog jumped up and caught him square in the crackers._
   - _Forty miles on that narrow saddle left his crackers aching for days._
4. Leather pants of a kind that make a noise whenever the wearer moves. *(South Africa)*
   - Simple: Leather pants that make a noise when you move.
   - _His stiff leather crackers creaked with every step he took toward the wagon._
   - _On cold mornings the herders pulled on their crackers before heading out to the kraal._

## Adjective

2. Crazy or insane, said of people and of ideas or actions alike. *(colloquial, UK)*
   - Simple: Crazy, or acting in a way that makes no sense.
   - _It sounds like a crackers idea, but turning the old mill into flats might just work._
   - _Anyone who swims in the North Sea in January is properly crackers._

## Origin

From cracker + -ers. The South African sense takes its name from its sound, and is used only in the plural by association with "trousers". The adjective comes from British naval expressions about firecrackers in one's head, first "he's got the crackers", then "he's gone crackers", and finally today's "he is crackers".

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