Crackajack

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crackajack \Crack"a*jack`\, a. [Now usually spelled
     {crackerjack}.]
     Of marked ability or excellence. [Slang]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] crackbrained

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Crackajack \Crack"a*jack`\, n. [Now usually spelled
     {crackerjack}.] [prob. from crack + jack, a man.]
     1. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in
        some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [Slang]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A preparation of popped corn, candied and pressed into
        small cakes. [U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crackerjack \Crack"er*jack`\, a. [also spelled {crackajack}.]
     Of marked ability or excellence. [Slang]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]