Squibs
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Squibs
noun
- 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."
- A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
- A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
- Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
- A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.