NOUN
  • Definition - A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - A writer of lampoons.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person or thing.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
VERB
  • Definition - To make a sound like a small explosion.
  • Example - English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • Definition - To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
  • Example - to squib a little debate
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
squibs 17
5 Letter Words
squib 16
4 Letter Words
suqs 13 buss 6 sibs 6 subs 6
3 Letter Words
qis 12 suq 12 bis 5 bus 5 sib 5 sub 5 sis 3 sus 3
2 Letter Words
qi 11 bi 4 is 2 si 2 us 2
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