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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squib  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squib  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squib 
  n  :  a  tube  filled  with  powder  (as  a  broken  firecracker)  that 
  burns  with  a  fizzing  noise 




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