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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
squib
    n 1: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
         broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
   To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to
   contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate.
   [Colloq.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Squib \Squib\ (skw[i^]b), n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move
   swiftly, 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.
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            Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
                                                  --Waller.
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            The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . .
            . is punishable.                      --Blackstone.
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   2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
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   3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a
      brief, witty essay.
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            Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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   4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
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            The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the
            world are called libelers, lampooners, and
            pamphleteers.                         --Tatler.
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   5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Thesaurus Results for squib:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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