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[ skwib ] / skwɪb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR squib ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing. Journalism. a short news story, often used as a filler. a small firework, consisting of a tube or ball filled with powder, that burns with a hissing noise terminated usually by a slight explosion. a firecracker broken in the middle so that it burns with a hissing noise but does not explode. Australian. a coward. an electric, pyrotechnic device for firing the igniter of a rocket engine, especially a solid-propellant engine. Obsolete. a mean or paltry fellow. verb (used without object), squibbed, squib·bing.to write squibs. to shoot a squib. to explode with a small, sharp sound. to move swiftly and irregularly. Australian. - to be afraid.
- to flee; escape.
verb (used with object), squibbed, squib·bing.to assail in squibs or lampoons. to toss, shoot, or utilize as a squib. Origin of squibFirst recorded in 1515–25; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM squibsquibbish, adjectiveWords nearby squibsqueeze through, squeezy, squeg, squelch, squeteague, squib, Squibb, squib kick, squid, squidgy, squiffed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for squibThe squib had long burnt out by the time we got there; but the sight that met our astonished gaze was magnificent. A Veldt Official|Bertram Mitford Considering himself insulted by a squib in the Sangamo Journal, Douglas undertook to cane the editor. Stephen A. Douglas|Allen Johnson The squib scandalized some grave people, who wrote severe admonitions to the editor. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan "Let me make a squib too, Francie," he begged, squatting down on the mattress beside his host. Soldier Rigdale|Beulah Marie Dix
British Dictionary definitions for squib
nouna firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion a firework that does not explode because of a fault; dud a short witty attack; lampoon an electric device for firing a rocket engine obsolete an insignificant person Australian and NZ slang a coward damp squib something intended but failing to impress verb squibs, squibbing or squibbed(intr) to sound, move, or explode like a squib (intr) to let off or shoot a squib to write a squib against (someone) (intr) to move in a quick irregular fashion (intr) Australian slang to behave in a cowardly fashion Word Origin for squibC16: probably imitative of a quick light explosion Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to squibadvice, comment, story, memorandum, directive, picture, notification, memo, instruction, criticism, order, note, warning, manifesto, proclamation, advertisement, poster, news, review, witticism |