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▸ noun:  (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
▸ noun:  A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
▸ noun:  (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
▸ noun:  (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
▸ noun:  (firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
▸ noun:  (automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
▸ noun:  (film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.
▸ noun:  (dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
▸ noun:  (dated) A writer of lampoons.
▸ noun:  (law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
▸ noun:  (linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
▸ noun:  (archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
▸ noun:  (graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
▸ noun:  (chiefly Australia) A coward or wimp.
▸ verb:  To make a sound like a small explosion.
▸ verb:  (colloquial, dated, ambitransitive) To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
▸ verb:  (Australia) To dodge something difficult, to bottle.





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