squib

n.

1. 1. A small firecracker.
   2. A broken firecracker that burns but does not explode.
2. 1. A brief satirical or witty writing or speech, such as a lampoon.
   2. A short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, usually used as a filler.

v., squibbed, squib·bing, squibs.

v.intr.
To write or utter squibs.

v.tr.

1. To write or utter squibs against; lampoon.
2. Football. To kick (the ball) low on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground.

[Probably imitative.]

noun

A usually brief detail of news or information: bit¹, item, paragraph, piece, story. See words.

squib, another word for a lampoon: a short satirical attack upon a person, work, or institution.

(DOD) A small pyrotechnic device that may be used to fire the igniter in a rocket or for some similar purpose. Not to be confused with a detonator that explodes.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sværmer, satire, udfald
v. intr. - satirisere, skrive satiriske vers
v. tr. - spotte, satirisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
smaadschrift, rotje

Français (French)
n. - pétard, satire
v. intr. - écrire des satires
v. tr. - écrire des satires sur, (Sport) donner un coup d'envoi en lançant la balle bas

Deutsch (German)
n. - Satire, Spottgedicht, Knallfrosch
v. - Satiren schreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρακατρούκα, (σύντομη) σάτιρα
v. - διακωμωδώ

Italiano (Italian)
satira, petardo, scrivere satire, calciare mollemente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estopim (m), sátira (f)
v. - redigir sátiras, explodir

Русский (Russian)
петарда, запальная трубка, сарказм, эпиграмма, короткая газетная заметка, взрывать (петарды), взрываться, выстреливать, зло высмеивать, метаться, бросать мимоходом (замечание)

Español (Spanish)
n. - pasquín, petardo, buscapiés, detonador, carretilla, pulla, sátira
v. intr. - tirar carretillas o petardos, sonar como un tiro, escribir sátiras o sarcasmos, atacar con sátiras o sarcasmos
v. tr. - escribir sátiras o sarcasmos, atacar con sátiras o sarcasmos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smädeskrift, nidskrift, gliring
v. - smäda, ge en gliring

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
爆竹, 嘲讽, 点不响的爆竹, 哑炮, 放小爆竹, 写讽刺短文, 放, 信口讲, 写讽刺短文攻击

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爆竹, 嘲諷, 點不響的爆竹, 啞炮
v. intr. - 放小爆竹, 寫諷刺短文
v. tr. - 放, 信口講, 寫諷刺短文攻擊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 폭죽, 풍자문, 겁쟁이
v. intr. - 폭죽을 터뜨리다, 풍자하다, 무서워하다
v. tr. - 폭죽을 터뜨리다, 풍자하다, 좀 과장해서 말하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 爆竹, 風刺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مفرقعه, نقد ساخر (فعل) فجر, انتقد نقدا ساخرا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זיקוק-די-נור, מאמר סטירי‬
v. intr. - ‮תקף בסטירה (מיושן)‬
v. tr. - ‮בעט בכדור למרחק קצר (כדורגל אמריקני)‬

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