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View synonyms for crackerjack

crackerjack

[ krak-er-jak ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence.


adjective

  1. of marked ability; exceptionally fine.

crackerjack

/ ˈkrækəˌdʒæk /

adjective

  1. excellent


noun

  1. a person or thing of exceptional quality or ability

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crackerjack1

1890–95, Americanism; earlier crackajack, rhyming compound based on crack (adjective); -a- as in blackamoor ( def ); jack 1( def ) in sense “fellow, buddy”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crackerjack1

C20: changed from crack (first-class) + jack 1(man)

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Example Sentences

The crackerjack detail she comes up with is Lucy’s loss of an earring in the sodden purple mess.

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I was counted a crackerjack at bindin'; but you work twice as fast blind as what I would seein'; that's what gets me!

He would read one and say: "Here's a crackerjack, Kit," and pass it to me.

If that Mornsby deal had only gone through, wed have had a crackerjack, said Jim regretfully.

He'd had a mighty good time all the evening, James thought, and Father was a crackerjack.

Christian Young is all right though, Munster has a slap-dash style about him, and they do say old Nielsen was a crackerjack.

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