squib – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
squib
v.
satirize, lampoon; shoot off a small firecracker
n.
witty verbal attack, lampoon; short humorous article used as filler in a magazine or newspaper; small firecracker
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squib
Noun
1. firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
(hypernym) firework, pyrotechnic
Squib
(v. i.)
To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
(a.)
A writer of lampoons.
(a.)
A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
(a.)
A paltry fellow.
(a.)
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
(a.)
A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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squib
Synonyms and related words:
Atticism, agile wit, black humor, blasting cap, burlesque, cap, caricature, comedy, detonating powder, detonator, dry wit, electric detonator, esprit, exploder, farce, fulminating mercury, fuse, hatchet job, humor, imitation, irony, lampoon, malicious parody, mercury fulminate, mockery, nimble wit, parody, pasquil, pasquin, pasquinade, pastiche, percussion cap, pleasantry, poison pen, pretty wit, primacord, primer, priming, quick wit, ready wit, salt, sarcasm, satire, savor of wit, slapstick, slapstick humor, subtle wit, takeoff, travesty, visual humor, wicked imitation, wit
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
