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squib

(skwɪb)
Word forms: plural squibs
See damp squib

squib in British English

(skwɪb)
noun
1. 
a firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion
2. 
a firework that does not explode because of a fault; dud
3. 
a short witty attack; lampoon
4. 
an electric device for firing a rocket engine
5.  obsolete
an insignificant person
6.  Australian and New Zealand slang
a coward
7.  damp squib
verbWord forms: squibs, squibbing or squibbed
8. (intransitive)
to sound, move, or explode like a squib
9. (intransitive)
to let off or shoot a squib
10. 
to write a squib against (someone)
11. (intransitive)
to move in a quick irregular fashion
12. (intransitive) Australian slang
to behave in a cowardly fashion
Word origin
C16: probably imitative of a quick light explosion

squib in American English

(skwɪb)
noun
1. 
a type of firecracker that burns with a hissing, spurting noise before exploding
2. 
a short, sharp, usually witty attack in words; lampoon
3. 
a short news item; filler
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: squibbed or ˈsquibbing
4. 
to shoot off (a squib)
5. 
to write or utter a squib or squibs (against)
6. 
to explode with the sound of a squib
Word origin
prob. echoic

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squib

a damp squib

Examples of 'squib' in a sentence
squib

The outcome may prove a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It may well prove a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But what a squib it proved to be.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The initial fireworks turn into a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My garden is a real damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The opening in 1959 was a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In the case of one it proved a brilliant success, the other was a damp squib and is now cause for deep regret.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
THE Oscars were a real damp squib this year.
The Sun (2008)
What unfolded was an embarrassing, boring, complete damp squib of a sporting spectacle.
The Sun (2013)
Still in the end around 16,000 fans went home fed up after a damp squib of a derby that was supposed to be full of fireworks.
The Sun (2011)
Most motorists have already decided the scheme has been a damp squib, according to Smith.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He commented: 'It looks like something of a damp squib.
The Sun (2011)
By the time they get their man, it's a bit of a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Another Big Bang or a damp squib?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was a damp squib, and its inevitable failure came about because its priority was not excellence, but money.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A damp squib - and he has had one or two of those - and this budget could be his last.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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