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Squib

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small firecracker.

n. A broken firecracker that burns but does not explode.

n. A brief satirical or witty writing or speech, such as a lampoon.

n. A short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, usually used as a filler.

verb-intransitive. To write or utter squibs.

v. To write or utter squibs against; lampoon.

v. Football To kick (the ball) low on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

n. A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

n. Any small firecracker sold to the general public. Usually available in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuze is lit.

n. The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.

n. A small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.

n. A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.

n. In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.

n. A short article, often published in journals, that introduces empirical data problematic to linguistic theory or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical linguistic article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.

n. An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.

n. A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed. A word most commonly used within the Graphic Design industry.

v. To make a sound such as a small explosion.

v. To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.

v. this sense?) (slang) To draw a concept or layout to visually explain an idea ("let me squib something to show you what I mean").

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.

n. A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

n. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.

n. A writer of lampoons.

n. A paltry fellow.

verb-intransitive. To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To move swiftly and irregularly.

To make a slight, sharp report, like that of an exploding squib.

To resort to the use of squibs, or petty lampoons.

To throw (in or out) suddenly; explode.

To attack in squibs; lampoon.

n. A ball or tube filled with gunpowder, sent or fired swiftly through the air or along the ground, exploding somewhat like a rocket.

n. A reed, rush, quill, or roll of paper filled with a priming of gunpowder; a tube of some kind used to set off a charge of gunpowder, as at the bottom of a drill-hole. Also called mote, train, and match.

n. A fire-cracker, especially one broken in the middle so that when it is fired the charge explodes without a loud report.

n. A petty lampoon; a short satirical writing or sketch holding up a person or thing to ridicule.

n. One who writes lampoons or squibs; a petty satirist; a paltry, trifling fellow.

n. A kind of cheap taffy, made of treacle.

n. firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

Word Usage

"Here's a squib from the publisher's page about the book."

Verb Form

squibs

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

firework pyrotechnic

Variant

squibbed squibbing

Form

squibbed squibbing damp squib

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

detonator firecracker quip witticism firework madrigal interlock