Found 3 items, similar to squib.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: squib petasan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: squib squib n : firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise [also: squibbing, squibbed]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Squib Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed (skw[i^]bd); 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.] [1913 Webster] Squib \Squib\ (skw[i^]b), n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move swiftly, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See Swift, a.] 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. [1913 Webster] Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. --Waller. [1913 Webster] The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse. [1913 Webster] 3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. [1913 Webster] Who copied his squibs, and re["e]choed his jokes. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. --Tatler. [1913 Webster] 5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]