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(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

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A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

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(mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

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(US) 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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(firearms) 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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(automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.

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(film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.

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(dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.

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(dated) A writer of lampoons.

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(law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.

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(linguistics) 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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(archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.

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(graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.

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(chiefly Australia) A coward or wimp.

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To make a sound like a small explosion.

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(colloquial, dated, ambitransitive) To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.

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(Australia) To dodge something difficult, to bottle.

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