squib in English

noun

1

a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding.

I have these little squibs that explode to make it look like bullets are hitting.

2

a small, slight, or weak person, especially a child.

I was only a little squib - he definitely seemed to be older than his age.

3

a short kick on a kickoff.

No time to talk, he insists; got to splice together a two-minute tape on kick-offs - on-sides, squibs , deep kicks.

verb

1

kick (the ball) a comparatively short distance on a kickoff; execute (a kick) in this way.

On kick-offs, they're squibbing the ball or kicking it short.

2

utter, write, or publish a satirical or sarcastic attack.

Use "squib" in a sentence

1. The all-party meeting was a damp squib.

2. The party was a bit of a damp squib.

3. The celebrations were a bit of a damp squib.

4. North Korea's nuclear test was a damp squib in market terms.

5. The joke which I thought would make her laugh, proved a damp squib.

6. Today, the bang from that easy buck also appears to have shrunk to a small squib.

7. These can be ignited as by means of a squib or exploded with a cartridge.

8. The pop concert went off like a damp squib when the main actors failed to appear.

9. Thus the news media were disappointed —the theological fireworks turned out to be a damp squib.

10. The general opinion was that it had fizzled out; like a spent squib, it hadn't even given one burst.

11. The pop concert went off like a damp squib when the main act failed to appear.

12. You know what I mean -- a squib or two saying that it's going to take place. "

13. Let Fortune writer Ronald Henkoff describe what followed: The squib demanded at least five years' experience in human resources.

14. The traditional Easter turkey boom - the second biggest after Christmas - was a damp squib because hard-up families bought cheaper chickens.

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