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crackerjack (noun)

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  • crackerjack N. Amer. — crackerjack N. Amer. informal adjective exceptionally good. noun an exceptionally good person or thing …   English new terms dictionary

  • crackerjack — also crackajack noun Etymology: probably alteration of 3crack + jack (man) Date: 1895 a person or thing of marked excellence • crackerjack adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crackerjack — 1. adjective Exceptionally fine or excellent. 2. noun An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person …   Wiktionary

  • crackerjack — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see crack II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I also crackajack adjective Slang. Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill: adept, crack, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, proficient,… …   English dictionary for students

  • crackerjack — /ˈkrækədʒæk/ (say krakuhjak) Colloquial –noun 1. a person of marked ability; something exceptionally fine. –adjective 2. of marked ability; exceptionally fine. Also, crackajack. {originally US colloquialism (1890s); perhaps a play on cracker1} …  

  • jimdandy — noun 1. someone excellent of their kind (Freq. 4) he s a jimdandy of a soldier • Syn: ↑jimhickey, ↑crackerjack • Hypernyms: ↑ideal, ↑paragon, ↑nonpareil …   Useful english dictionary

  • jimhickey — noun 1. someone excellent of their kind (Freq. 3) he s a jimdandy of a soldier • Syn: ↑jimdandy, ↑crackerjack • Hypernyms: ↑ideal, ↑paragon, ↑nonpareil, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • crackajack — noun see crackerjack …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • past master — noun when it comes to interior design, Sheri is a past master Syn: expert, master, wizard, genius, old hand, veteran, maestro, connoisseur, authority, grandmaster; informal ace, pro, star, hotshot, maven, crackerjack …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • The Mind of an Ape — is a 1983 book by David and Ann James Premack. In it, the authors argue that it is possible to teach language to (non human) great apes. They write that: We now know that someone who comprehends speech must know language, even if he or she cannot …   Wikipedia

  • adept — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. skillful, dexterous, apt; practiced, expert, proficient. n. expert, master. See skill. Ant., clumsy; faker. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. skilled, skillful, proficient, capable; see able 1 , 2 . III… …   English dictionary for students

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