1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

3. (n.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.

4. (n.) A writer of lampoons.

5. (n.) A paltry fellow.

6. (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.

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