crackerjack

[ krak-er-jak ]

/ ˈkræk ərˌdʒæk /

Informal.

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noun

a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence.

adjective

of marked ability; exceptionally fine.

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Also crackajack.

Origin of crackerjack

1890–95, Americanism; earlier crackajack, rhyming compound based on crack (adjective); -a- as in blackamoor; jack¹ in sense “fellow, buddy”

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Cracker Jack

Trademark.

a confection of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts.

How to use crackerjack in a sentence

Starting in the 1970s, then MPAA president Jack Valenti began what was to become a decades-long fight against the quota system.
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But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.
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As I size up the scene, Jack White now wears the crown … and he wears it well.
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Nets guard Jarrett Jack claimed credit for the shirts LeBron James and several other players were seen in before the game.
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Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
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And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sevres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.
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She is immensely rich, one of the ablest political women in London, and Jack is desperately in love with her.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
How on earth can Jack find time to think about women with the immense amount of work he gets through?
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No, Jack is not much to look at, except when he wakes up—I have seen him quite transfigured on the platform.
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British Dictionary definitions for crackerjack

crackerjack

/ (ˈkrækəˌdʒæk) informal /

adjective

excellent

noun

a person or thing of exceptional quality or ability

Word Origin for crackerjack

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

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