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noun
- A small firework that burns with a fizzing noise.
- A similar device used to ignite a rocket etc.
- (Film special effects) A small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
- (dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
- In a legal casebook, a short summary of a case placed between more fully cited cases.
- (archaic) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
Translations: - German: Knallfrosch
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(trans-top, device used to ignite a rocket)
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(trans-top, short piece of witty writing)
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(trans-top, short summary of a case)
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(trans-top, unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person)
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verb (squib, b, ed)
- To make a sound such as a small explosion.
- A w:Snider-Enfield, Snider squibbed in the jungle.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, ploffen)
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Etymology: Possibly imitative of a small explosion. (if you pronounce the 'q' somewhat heavily, almost more like a 'k').
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