squib

squib is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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. adjective. A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
3. adjective. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
4. adjective. A writer of lampoons.
5. adjective. A paltry fellow.
6. intransitive verb. To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
7. noun. firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

Common word forms

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Words from these letters

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