Definition of squib

• 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.