About The Word Squib
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Squib
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What's The Definition Of Squib?
[n] firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
Synonyms | Synonyms for Squib: Related Terms | Find terms related to Squib: See Also | firework | pyrotechnics Squib In Webster's Dictionary \Squib\, n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move swiftky, Icel.
svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. swipian to
whip, and E. swift, a. See {Swift}, a.]
1. 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.
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
--Waller.
The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . .
. is punishable. --Blackstone.
2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a
brief, witty essay.
Who copied his squibs, and re["e]choed his jokes.
--Goldsmith.
4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the
world are called libelers, lampooners, and
pamphleteers. --Tatler.
5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squibbing}.] To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate. [Colloq.] |
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