Usually means: Firing explosive without launching projectile.
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  1. squibbing: Merriam-Webster
  2. squibbing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. squibbing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. squibbing: Vocabulary.com
  5. squibbing: Wiktionary
  6. squibbing: Dictionary.com
  7. Squibbing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Squibbing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. squibbing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. squibbing: FreeDictionary.org
  11. squibbing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squibbing: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Squibbing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (squibbing)

▸ noun:  (dated) A squib; a sarcastic jibe or petty dispute.
▸ noun:  A small shot or explosion.

Similar:
squibbery, snib, snubbery, squabbling, quiblet, snub, damp squib, damp squid, quib, sneb, more...

Opposite:
bursting, exploding, igniting

Types:
fizzling, popping, sputtering, flashing, exploding, more...

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Similar:
squibbery, snib, snubbery, squabbling, quiblet, snub, damp squib, damp squid, quib, sneb, more...

Opposite:
bursting, exploding, igniting

Types:
fizzling, popping, sputtering, flashing, exploding, more...



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