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Meaning Of Squib

  1. a.
    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.
  2. a.
    A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
  3. a.
    A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
  4. a.
    A writer of lampoons.
  5. a.
    A paltry fellow.
  6. v. i.
    To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.



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