Crackers

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Crazy, insane. UK, colloquial

    "“I will call up Demons to destroy thee!” “You're crackers,” said Carrot, backing away."

Adjective
  1. 1
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cracker form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A kind of noisy leather pants or trousers. South-Africa, plural, plural-only

    "Sheepskin trousers—which, from the sound they make at every movement of the wearer, are called ‘crackers’."

  3. 3
    Testicles. plural, plural-only, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers".

Etymology 2

From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers".

Etymology 3

From cracker + -s. The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers".

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