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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 kind
2. something excellent of its kind
Familiarity information: CRACKERJACK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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