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CRACKERJACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crackerjack mean? 

CRACKERJACK (noun)
  The noun CRACKERJACK has 2 senses:

1. someone excellent of their kindplay

2. something excellent of its kindplay

  Familiarity information: CRACKERJACK used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRACKERJACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone excellent of their kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crackerjack; jimdandy; jimhickey

Context example:

he's a jimdandy of a soldier

Hypernyms ("crackerjack" is a kind of...):

apotheosis; ideal; nonesuch; nonpareil; nonsuch; paragon; saint (model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Something excellent of its kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crackerjack; jimdandy; jimhickey

Context example:

the bike was a jimdandy

Hypernyms ("crackerjack" is a kind of...):

thing (an entity that is not named specifically)


 Context examples 


Oh, one of them crackerjack minin' experts.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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