Definizione monolingua

squib

squib (third-person singular simple present squibs, present participle squibbing, simple past and past participle squibbed)

1. To make a sound such as a small explosion.

   A Snider squibbed in the jungle.

squib (plural squibs)

1. (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

   English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th century battle against the Spanish Armada.

2. A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
3. (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public. Usually available in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuze is lit.
4. (automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicles airbag.
5. (cinema or theater special effects) A small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
6. (dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
7. (law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more fully cited cases.
8. (linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces empirical data problematic to linguistic theory or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical linguistic article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.
   • 2008, William J. Idsardi, Combinatorics for Metrical Feet, in Biolinguistics Vol 2, No 2

     In this squib I will prove that the number of possible metrical parsings into feet under these assumptions […]

9. (archaic) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.

Definizione dizionario squib

libello

miccette

petardo

razzo

Altri significati:

(law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more fully cited cases.

(cinema or theater special effects) A small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.

(archaic) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.

(automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.

A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

(dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.

(US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public. Usually available in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuze is lit.

small firework

(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

To make a sound such as a small explosion.

(linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces empirical data problematic to linguistic theory or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical linguistic article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.