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A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
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English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
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A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
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A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
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Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
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A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
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The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
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In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
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A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
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A writer of lampoons.
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In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
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A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
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An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person or thing.
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A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.