Squib
Squib (skwib) , noun
[Old English squippen, swippen, to move swiftly, Icelandic svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to Anglo-Saxon swipian to whip, and English swift, a. See Swift, a.]
1.
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.
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs... is punishable.
2.
(Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
3.
A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes.
4.
A writer of lampoons. [Obsolete]
The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.
5.
A paltry fellow. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Squib (skwibd) , intransitive verb
To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate. [Colloquial]