English-Thai Dictionary

squib

N คำพูด หรือ บทความ ล้อเลียน  คำพูด หรือ บทความ ประชดประชัน  pasquinade satire kam-phud-rue-bod-kwam-lor-lian

 

squib

N ประทัด  ประทัด ไฟ  firework firecracker pra-tad

 

squib

VI จุด ประทัด  ยิง ประทัด  jud-pa-tad

 

squib

VI รู้สึก กลัว  ru-suek-kua

 

squib

VT พูด หรือ เขียน เรื่อง ล้อเลียน  พูด หรือ เขียน เรื่อง เยาะเย้ย  พูด หรือ เขียน เรื่อง ประชดประชัน  pasquinade satirize phu-rue-kian-ruang-lor-lian

 

squib

VT เลี้ยงลูก ฟุตบอล ไปมา  liang-luk-fud-bon-pai-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SQUIB

n.[This word probably belongs to the family of whip; denoting that which is thrown. ] 1. A little pipe or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter and sent into the air, burning and bursting with a crack; a cracker.
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.
The making and selling of squibs is punishable.
2. A sarcastic speech or little censorious writing published; a petty lampoon.
3. A pretty fellow. [Not in use. ]
The squibs, in the common phrase, are called libellers.

 

SQUIB

v.i.To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, two members of a society squib a little in debate. [Colloquial. ]

 

SQUIBBING

ppr. Throwing squibs or severe reflections.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SQUIB

Squib, n. Etym: [OE. squippen, swippen, to move swiftky, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See Swift, a.]

 

1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack. Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. Waller. The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs... is punishable. Blackstone.

 

2. (Mining )

 

Defn: A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

 

3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. Who copied his squibs, and reëchoed his jokes. Goldsmith.

 

4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs. ] The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. Tatler.

 

5. A paltry fellow. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

SQUIB

Squib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squibbing. ]

 

Defn: To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

squib

squib |skwib skwɪb | ▶noun 1 a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding. • a short piece of satirical writing. • a short news item or filler in a newspaper. 2 a small, slight, or weak person, esp. a child. 3 Football a short kick on a kickoff. • Baseball (also squibber ) a blooper or infield grounder that becomes a base hit. ▶verb ( squibs, squibbing , squibbed ) 1 [ with obj. ] Football kick (the ball ) a comparatively short distance on a kickoff; execute (a kick ) in this way. • Baseball hit (the ball ) with little force, usually with the end of the bat, the typical result being a blooper or infield grounder. 2 [ no obj. ] archaic utter, write, or publish a satirical or sarcastic attack. • [ with obj. ] lampoon: the mendicant parson, whom I am so fond of squibbing. ORIGIN early 16th cent. ( sense 1 of the noun ): of unknown origin; perhaps imitative of a small explosion. The verb was first recorded in sense 2 of the noun (late 16th cent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

squib

squib |skwɪb | ▶noun 1 a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding. 2 a short piece of satirical writing. • N. Amer. a short news item or filler in a newspaper. 3 informal a small, slight, or weak person, especially a child. 4 American Football a short kick on a kick-off. ▶verb ( squibs, squibbing, squibbed ) 1 [ with obj. ] American Football kick (the ball ) a comparatively short distance on a kick-off; execute (a kick ) in this way. 2 [ no obj. ] archaic utter, write, or publish a satirical or sarcastic attack. • [ with obj. ] lampoon: the mendicant parson, whom I am so fond of squibbing. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in sense 1 of the noun ): of unknown origin; perhaps imitative of a small explosion. The verb was first recorded in sense 2 of the verb (late 16th cent. ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

squib

squib /skwɪb /名詞 C 1 爆竹 .2 風刺, 当てこすり ; 風刺文 .動詞 ～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 自動詞 1 花火をする, 爆竹を鳴らす .2 «…を » 当てこする, 風刺する «against » .他動詞 1 〈花火 〉を上げる, 〈爆竹 〉を鳴らす .2 …に当てこすりを言う, …の皮肉を言う .