cracker jack

Exceptionally skilled person

Cracker jack describes someone or something of exceptional quality or skill: a cracker jack mechanic, a cracker jack team.

The term suggests impressive competence, often with admiration.

Also spelled as one word or hyphenated. (Capitalized Cracker Jack is the caramel-coated popcorn snack.)

snack

caramel

Cooked sugar confection

box · baseball · ballgame · nostalgia · treat · crunchy · sweet · stadium · vendor · toy

expert

ace

Single-pip card

  • whizInformal term for expert
  • proIn favor of
  • hotshotShowy, skilled person

sharpshooter · top-notch · first-rate · skilled · adept · standout · star · champ · winner · crackerjack

Categories
Opposites
skill/competence

cracker jackincompetent

Lacking necessary skill

bungler · amateur · hack · bumbler · fumbler

quality/excellence

cracker jackmediocre

Of only moderate quality

inferior · poor · lousy · second-rate · terrible

Family

cracker, jack, crack, cracked, cracking, cracks, jacks, jacked, jacking

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G