Crackie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small, annoying dog. Newfoundland

    "Crackie for me, when I was a boy or for anyone around the bay, a crackie was a nondescript dog that was no good. In Hare Bay where I live, people had dogs for hauling wood, and a crackie was no good for that; just a damn crackie. The other definition that I recall my dad would say; there’s uncle Bob coming up the road and young Jack is chasing him – that’s his son. He’s a real crackie – he’s always chasing his father. Somebody faithful."

  2. 2
    A crackhead. slang

    "me at new carrollton station ignoring the crackies"

Example

More examples

"Crackie for me, when I was a boy or for anyone around the bay, a crackie was a nondescript dog that was no good. In Hare Bay where I live, people had dogs for hauling wood, and a crackie was no good for that; just a damn crackie. The other definition that I recall my dad would say; there’s uncle Bob coming up the road and young Jack is chasing him – that’s his son. He’s a real crackie – he’s always chasing his father. Somebody faithful."

Etymology

From crack + -ie.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.