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Another word for squib

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Noun

  1. A usually brief detail of news or information

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Another word for squib

Noun
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    parody

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Sentence Examples

  • The squib is lowered after the torpedo, and, when exploded by the descent of the weight, fires the charge.

  • In 1611 Donne wrote a curious and bitter prose squib against the Jesuits, entitled Ignatius his Conclave.

  • Now, however, a miniature torpedo known as a go-devil squib, holding about a quart of nitroglycerin, and having a firing-head similar to that already described, is almost invariably employed.

  • damp squib ahead of Bonfire Night.

  • squib compared to the last ever episodes of other Saturday shows.

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