How many syllables in Squib
Word
Squib
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
squib
Definition
- a. - 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.
- a. - A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- a. - A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief,
witty essay.
- a. - A writer of lampoons.
- a. - A paltry fellow.
- v. i. - To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections;
to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
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