<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing</li><li>A short news story, often used as a filler</li><li>A small firework, consisting of a tube or ball filled with powder, that burns with a hissing noise terminated usually by a slight explosion</li><li>A firecracker broken in the middle so that it burns with a hissing noise but does not explode</li><li>Australian slang for a coward</li><li>An electric, pyrotechnic device for firing the igniter of a rocket engine, especially a solid-propellant engine</li><li>Obsolete: a mean or paltry fellow</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) squibbed, squib·bing: to write squibs</li><li>To shoot a squib</li><li>To explode with a small, sharp sound</li><li>To move swiftly and irregularly</li><li>Australian: to be afraid</li><li>To flee; escape</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) squibbed, squib·bing: to assail in squibs or lampoons</li><li>To toss, shoot, or utilize as a squib</li></ul>