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.
Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. imit.