squibbed

Variant of squib

squib definition

squib (skwib)

noun

  1. a type of firecracker that burns with a hissing, spurting noise before exploding
  2. a short, sharp, usually witty attack in words; lampoon
  3. a short news item; filler

Etymology: prob. echoic

transitive verb, intransitive verb squibbed, squibbing squib′·bing

  1. to shoot off (a squib)
  2. to write or utter a squib or squibs (against)
  3. to explode with the sound of a squib

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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