From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfirecrackerfire‧crack‧er /ˈfaɪəˌkrækə $ ˈfaɪrˌkrækər/ noun [countable] DHTa small firework that explodes loudly
Examples from the Corpus
firecracker• The urgency of coming out was building and I felt like a firecracker about to go off.• The Trunchbull let out a yell and leapt off her chair as though a firecracker had gone off underneath her.• The initial story that the school forced its pupils to assemble firecrackers spread rapidly.• More like a little popping sound, a two-inch firecracker maybe.• That night, it was like firecrackers going off at New Year's; the next morning the blood flowed like rivers.• A mere firecracker would send the whole medina up in flames!• As if they were fourteen-year-olds setting off firecrackers too late at night.• We exploded all the firecrackers we could find. 