FIREWORKS
NOUNS
1635 — PYROTECHNY the art of making or using fireworks, esp. for scenic display
1799 — PEACOCK’S TAIL a multicoloured shower of sparks from a firework → obs.
1849 — SHOOTING CRACKER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1849 — SHOOTING POPPER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1871 — CANNON-CRACKER a large firecracker → Amer. dial.
1875 — FRAP the noise of a cracker → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1877 — JACKSON CRACKER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1884 — POPCRACKER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1890 — BACKRACKETS fireworks → Eng. dial.
..20C — BANGER a type of firework that explodes loudly
1905 — PACK-RACKET a kind of firework constructed so as to explode with a succession of loud reports; a cracker → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — FIZZER a firecracker that explodes with a hiss → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1917 — SHOO-SHOO — SHOO-SHOO BABY a failed firecracker that is later broken open and lit → Amer. dial.
1920 — BUNGDUNG a large firecracker → Aust. sl.
1923 — SALUTE a noise-making firework → Amer. dial.
1930 — DAGO BOMB a large firecracker → US sl.
1940 — LADY-CRACKER a small firecracker → US sl.
1940 — LADY-FART a small firecracker → US sl.
1944 — LADY-FINGER a small firecracker → US sl.
1947 — BABY-WAKER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1949 — FIRE POPPER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1950 — ASHCAN a small but powerful firecracker, its explosive effects intensified by the layer of tinfoil in which it is wrapped → US sl.
1954 — BLOCKBUSTER a large firecracker or cherry bomb → Amer. dial.
1954 — CANNON a large firecracker → Amer. dial.
1960 — FIZZLER a defective firecracker that burns with a hissing sound; one that fails to go off → Amer. dial.
1965 — BABY GIANT a medium-sized firecracker → Amer. dial.
1965 — CHERRY BOMB a large, red, round, powerful firecracker → Amer. dial.
1965 — FINGER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1965 — SISSER — SIZZER a firecracker that is broken open and lit to make a hissing noise → Amer. dial.
1965 — SISSLER — SIZZLER a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise → Amer. dial.
1965 — SIZZLE a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise → Amer. dial.
1966 — BOBBY-BOMB a kind of firecracker — pull the string on each end and it explodes → Amer. dial.
1966 — BUSTER a firecracker → Amer. dial.
1966 — PENNY POPPER a small firecracker → Amer. dial.
1967 — BOOBY TRAP a firework that is set off when the strings at each end are pulled → Amer. dial.
1968 — BLOCKBURSTER a large firecracker or cherry bomb → Amer. dial.
1968 — FLASHER a firecracker that does not go off → Amer. dial.
1969 — ASH BOMB a small but relatively powerful firecracker, cylindrically shaped and covered with tinfoil → Amer. dial.
1969 — FINGERLING a small firecracker → Amer. dial.
1981 — BUNGER a firework which produces a loud bang → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1986 — PENNY POOPER a small firecracker → Amer. dial.
1987 — PYRO the art of making or displaying fireworks → colloq.
NOUNS – PERSON
1670 — PYROTECHNIST orig. a person skilled in the use of fire in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.; a chemist; later, a person employed or skilled in the use of gunpowder, explosives, or fireworks
1696 — PYROBOLIST a person who makes or is skilled in the use of artillery or fireworks
1731 — PYROTECHNIAN a person employed or skilled in the use of gunpowder, explosives, or fireworks, either for military purposes or for display
1851 — PYROTECT a maker of fireworks; a pyrotechnist → obs.
VERBS
1859 — FIZZLE to make a hissing sound; to hiss or sputter, as a firework, etc.
1972 — BURN to set off firecrackers → Amer. dial.
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