firecracker

[ fahyuh r-krak-er ]

/ ˈfaɪərˌkræk ər /

a paper or cardboard cylinder filled with an explosive and having a fuse, for discharging to make a noise, as during a celebration.

Origin of firecracker

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; fire + cracker

The convergence of these signs lit Morris up like a firecracker.

Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ |Asawin Suebsaeng |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
How the hell did some damned kid throw a firecracker through the screen?

The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK |Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis |October 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I just heard a sound, and I thought it might be a firecracker.

Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
And of course the fox was in a hurry, for he wanted to get out of the way before that firecracker went off and blew the house up.

Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg |Howard R. Garis

There was a tradition that somebody had once held a firecracker in his hand too long and had been badly hurt by it.

Walter Pieterse |Multatuli
Or was it to be about a firecracker, seeing that it soon may be the Fourth of July?

Uncle Wiggily's Travels |Howard R. Garis
But the second shot was too much like the first and it was too loud—both shots were too loud to be a firecracker.

Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

firecracker

/ (ˈfaɪəˌkrækə) /

a small cardboard container filled with explosive powder and lit by a fuse

impressively energetic a firecracker start to the race