squib
squib
Definition
squib (skwib)
noun
- a type of firecracker that burns with a hissing, spurting noise before exploding
- a short, sharp, usually witty attack in words; lampoon
- a short news item; filler
Etymology: prob. echoic
transitive verb, intransitive verb squibbed, squib′·bing
- to shoot off (a squib)
- to write or utter a squib or squibs (against)
- to explode with the sound of a squib
squib
Synonyms
squib
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- publish: It was from here that he started writing and publishing political squibs, notably in 1733 State Dunces, inscribed to Alexander Pope.
- armour-piercing: There are rapid firing squibs, explosive squibs, armour-piercing squibs, guided squibs and even squibs that cause enemies to inflate.
- compare: A total damp squib compared to the last ever episodes of other Saturday shows.
- guide: There are rapid firing squibs, explosive squibs, armour-piercing squibs, guided squibs and even squibs that cause enemies to inflate.
- put: The effect of artillery cannot be increased by putting squibs into cannon already loaded with grapeshot.
- see: However, I have seen some pointless squibs as well as useful ones, and the book under review contains both types of squib.
Adjective modifier
- damp: However the final half hour of the match passed by without any great incident, a damp squib ahead of Bonfire Night.
- explosive: There are rapid firing squibs, explosive squibs, armour-piercing squibs, guided squibs and even squibs that cause enemies to inflate.
- political: It was from here that he started writing and publishing political squibs, notably in 1733 State Dunces, inscribed to Alexander Pope.
- rapid: There are rapid firing squibs, explosive squibs, armour-piercing squibs, guided squibs and even squibs that cause enemies to inflate.
Noun used with modifier
- firing: There are rapid firing squibs, explosive squibs, armour-piercing squibs, guided squibs and even squibs that cause enemies to inflate.
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