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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.

A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

A kind of slow 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.

To make a sound like a small explosion.

To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.

Example: to squib a little debate