Definition
• | 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. |
• | To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate. |