squib /ˈskwɪb/
爆竹,嘲諷,諷刺文章(vt.)(vi.)放爆竹,砰然爆開,嘲弄
Squib n.
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.
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. --Waller.
The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable. --Blackstone.
2. Mining A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes. --Goldsmith.
4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. --Tatler.
5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.]
Squib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed p. pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.] To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate. [Colloq.]
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squib
n : firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
[also: squibbing, squibbed]