CRACKERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crackers mean? 

• CRACKERS (adjective)
  The adjective CRACKERS has 1 sense:

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

  Familiarity information: CRACKERS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRACKERS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Synonyms:

fruity; whacky; wacky; round the bend; nutty; nuts; loopy; loony; loco; kooky; kookie; haywire; around the bend; dotty; daft; crackers; cracked; buggy; bonkers; batty; bats; barmy; balmy

Context example:

it used to drive my husband balmy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

 Context examples 

There were crackers in it with the tenderest mottoes that could be got for money.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Trans fatty acids, or trans fats, are commonly found in fried foods, chips, crackers and baked goods.

(Trans Fat Bans Lessen Health Risks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These are found in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, cookies, snack foods, and other foods made with or fried in partially hydrogenated oils.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

I accustomed myself to giving her, as it were quite casually, little scraps of useful information, or sound opinion—and she started from them when I let them off, as if they had been crackers.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)