animal cracker

noun

A small, crispy, sweet, baked cake (biscuit or cookie) in the shape of an animal.

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Meanings

nounanimal cracker (plural animal crackers)

plural animal crackers

  1. A small, crispy, sweet, baked cake (biscuit or cookie) in the shape of an animal.

    He asked Jamie to run to the closest store and buy peanut butter, jelly, bread, milk, and animal crackers.

    2008, Savannah Jordan Frierson, Reconstructing Jada Channing, page 158

Origin

From animal + cracker. First attested in c. 1878 in the Washington Post.

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APA

animal cracker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20cracker

MLA

“animal cracker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20cracker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animal cracker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20cracker.

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