What do you call fireworks that are bought for the sound they make when fired? Formally and especially colloquially?
I have found some names like firecrackers and bang snaps. However, I don't know if they are what I am looking for. What I am looking for are those explosives that are as big as a cigarette or smaller.
Best Answer
Small, paper-wrapped gunpowder cylinders with a fuse sticking out whose sole purpose is to make noise are called firecrackers. There are larger diameter variants called M-80's, M-90's but the general term is firecracker. If the purpose is to go up in the air and explode or emit sparks then they are not firecrackers, but fireworks.