'Squib' definitions:
Definition of 'squib'
(from WordNet)
noun
Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
Definition of 'Squib'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Squib'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. [1913 Webster]
- Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squib'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agile wit,
- Atticism,
- black humor,
- blasting cap,
- burlesque,
- cap,
- caricature,
- comedy,
- detonating powder,
- detonator,
- dry wit,
- electric detonator,
- esprit,
- exploder,
- farce,
- fulminating mercury,
- fuse,
- hatchet job,
- humor,
- imitation,
- irony,
- lampoon,
- malicious parody,
- mercury fulminate,
- mockery,
- nimble wit,
- parody,
- pasquil,
- pasquin,
- pasquinade,
- pastiche,
- percussion cap,
- pleasantry,
- poison pen,
- pretty wit,
- primacord,
- primer,
- priming,
- quick wit,
- ready wit,
- salt,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- savor of wit,
- slapstick,
- slapstick humor,
- subtle wit,
- takeoff,
- travesty,
- visual humor,
- wicked imitation,
- wit