SQUIB


Meaning of SQUIB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skwɪb ]

( squibs)

You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things. ( BRIT )

The all-party meeting was a damp squib.

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