1
- a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding（在爆炸前发出咝咝声的）小爆竹, 小鞭炮。
1.1
- a short piece of satirical writing讽刺短文。
1.2
- N. Amer. a short news item or filler in a newspaper〈北美〉（报纸的）短新闻; 补白。
2
- informal a small, slight, or weak person, especially a child〈非正式〉瘦小者; 体弱者（尤指小孩）。
3
- American Football a short kick on a kick-off【美橄】到位开球。
verb
squibbed, squibbing
1
- with obj. American Football kick (the ball) a comparatively short distance on a kick-off; execute (a kick) in this way【美橄】到位开（球）。
2
- no obj. archaic utter, write, or publish a satirical or sarcastic attack〈古〉挖苦; 写（或发表）讽刺文章。
2.1
- with obj. lampoon讽刺：
the mendicant parson, whom I am so fond of squibbing.
那个我非常喜欢挖苦的行乞牧师。
词源
early 16th cent. (in sense 1)： of unknown origin; perhaps imitative of a small explosion. The verb was first recorded in sense 2 （late 16th cent.）.