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1) Filler in print 2) Filler news item 3) Firework 4) Hissing firework 5) Pyrotechnic 6) Short bit of writing 7) Short news bit 8) Short newspaper item 9) Short story 10) Small firecracker 11) Witticism
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[explosive] A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. It resembles a tiny stick of dynamite, both in appearance and construction, although with considerably less explosive power. Squibs consist of two electrical leads which are separated by a plug of insulating...
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[sketched concept or visual solution] The term squib is sometimes used to describe a quick drawing of a visual composition or a proposed graphic solution. A rough sketch to demonstrate an idea. The origin of the term, `squib` as it relates to a sketched concept or idea is currently unknown, but has been adopted as industry slang by creative...
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[writing] A squib is a brief satirical or witty piece of writing or speech, like a lampoon, or a short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, used as a filler. It can be intended to ignite thinking and discourse by others on topics of theoretical importance - e.g., see MIT Press`s journal, Linguistic Inquiry, but is often les...
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• (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. • (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate. • (a.) A writer of lampoons. • (a.) A paltry fellow. • (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse. • (a.) A little...
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A small explosive device that is attached to an individual performer and/or portions of the set for the purpose of giving the illusion of being impacted by a bullet. They are triggered by remote control or batteries and wires and give off no smoke
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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. <chemical> A kind of slow ma...
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Squib (skwĭb)
noun [ Middle English
squippen ,
swippen , to move swiftly, Icelandic
svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to Anglo-Saxon
swipian to whip, and English
swift , adjective See
Swift ,
adjective ]
1. A litt...
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Squib intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Squibbed ;
present participle & verbal noun Squibbing .] To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to
squib a little debate. [ C...
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A squib is a small, tubular explosive charge. Some squibs were used as early hand grenades, others as a charge used in blasting, and a third type as a small torpedo to ignite a main torpedo.
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Squib is slang for a gun.
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[
n] - firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
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noun firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
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