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Definition of Crackajack
1. n. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis.
2. a. Of marked ability or excellence.
Definition of Crackajack
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of crackerjack) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of crackerjack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crackajack
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackajack
Literary usage of Crackajack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"I was a nobody then— but a crackajack sharpshooter. We were stationed, night and
day, in a trench, ... "Ah," proceeded the Major, "he ivas a crackajack. ..."
2. The Standard Index of Short Stories, 1900-1914 by Francis James Hannigan (1918)
"Col 36:16 Mr 17 '06 Kellock, Harold crackajack story. McClure 34:68 N '09
Elimination of Toto. Col 41 -14 Ag 1 '08 Fire of spring. Everybody's 24:644 My '11 ..."
3. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1890)
"See Farmer, sv] copse : a small wood, not shrubbery. Pa. e. cough up: to produce,
as of money. "I coughed up a V." NY c., se, Mich. 8. e. crackajack : 1. ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"I was a nobody then— but a crackajack sharpshooter. We were stationed, night and
day, in a trench, ... "Ah," proceeded the Major, "he ivas a crackajack. ..."
5. The Standard Index of Short Stories, 1900-1914 by Francis James Hannigan (1918)
"Col 36:16 Mr 17 '06 Kellock, Harold crackajack story. McClure 34:68 N '09
Elimination of Toto. Col 41 -14 Ag 1 '08 Fire of spring. Everybody's 24:644 My '11 ..."
6. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1890)
"See Farmer, sv] copse : a small wood, not shrubbery. Pa. e. cough up: to produce,
as of money. "I coughed up a V." NY c., se, Mich. 8. e. crackajack : 1. ..."
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