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(RQ:Blackstone Commentaries) punishable by fine.
A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
A kind of match or safety fuse.
Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
The heating element used to set off the azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
In effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.
A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
(RQ:Goldsmith Retaliation)
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A writer of lampoons.
November 1, 1709, (w), ''The Tatler''

The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libellers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.

In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
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.
2008, William J. Idsardi, ''Combinatorics for Metrical Feet'', in Biolinguistics Vol 2, No 2

In this squib I will prove that the number of possible metrical parsings into feet under these assumptions (..)

An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
{{quote-text|en|year=1591|author=Edmund Spenser|title=Mother Hubberds Tale ll. 369-371
A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
A coward or wimp.
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To make a sound like a small explosion.
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.

''to squib a little debate''