- 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. - A kind of slow match or safety fuse. - A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief,
witty essay. - A writer of lampoons. - A paltry fellow.
2 . Squib
[ v. i.]
- To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections;
to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.