| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| squib |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  skw b |
| NOUN: | 1a. A small firecracker. b. A broken firecracker that burns but does not explode. 2a. A brief satirical or witty writing or speech, such as a lampoon. b. A short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, usually used as a filler. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: squibbed, squib·bing, squibs
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To write or utter squibs. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To write or utter squibs against; lampoon. 2. Football To kick (the ball) low on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably imitative.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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