English-Finnish translations for squib

Definition of squib

  • A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode
  • A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc
  • Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit
  • The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag
  • A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon
  • A writer of lampoons
  • In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases
  • An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person or thing
  • A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed
  • To make a sound like a small explosion
  • To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute

Examples

  • English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
  • A Snider squibbed in the jungle.
  • to squib a little debate

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