squib

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
2. A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
3. A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
4. (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
5. A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
6. The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.
7. In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.
8. (dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
9. (dated) A writer of lampoons.
10. In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
11. A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
12. An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
13. A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
14. (Australia) A coward or wimp.

Verb

1. To make a sound like a small explosion.
2. (ambitransitive, colloquial, dated) To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
3. (Australia) To dodge something difficult, to bottle.

Từ đồng nghĩa

firecracker

🧨

lampoon

fizgig

pasquinade

petard

satire

satirize

firework

funk

gun

🔫

let down

sparkler

🎇

ignitron

safety fuse

fish

🐟

slow-match

ignition tube

gun-cap

betray

igniter tube

cipher

coward

cracker

detonator

epigram

explosive

fire

🔥

Bản dịch

Knallfrosch

inflammateur

carretilla

buscapiés

Frosch

🐸

maytap

🧨

pétard

🧨

hiciv

ploffen

σατυρίζω

σάτυρα

σάτιρα

coet borratxo

επίκαιρη πολιτική σάτιρα

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Phát âm là (IPA)

/skwɪb/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Possibly imitative of a small explosion.