SQUIB


Meaning of SQUIB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skwɪb ]

n. & v. --n. 1 a small firework burning with a hissing sound and usu. with a final explosion. 2 a short satirical composition, a lampoon. --v. (squibbed, squibbing) 1 tr. US Football kick (the ball) a comparatively short distance on a kick-off; execute (a kick) in this way. 2 archaic a intr. write lampoons. b tr. lampoon. [16th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. imit.]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.