WORD: SQUIB
MEANING:
1. a firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion
2. a firework that does not explode because of a fault; dud
4. an electric device for firing a rocket engine
5. obsolete an insignificant person
6. slang (Austral., NZ) . a coward
7. (intr.) to sound, move, or explode like a squib
8. (intr.) to let off or shoot a squib
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Children like to play with squibs on Diwali.
2. They call for change Graphic squibs soon washed away Photographers’ prey.
PRONOUNCE:
squib - स्क्विब
LINK: SQUIB
MEANING:
1. a firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion
2. a firework that does not explode because of a fault; dud
4. an electric device for firing a rocket engine
5. obsolete an insignificant person
6. slang (Austral., NZ) . a coward
7. (intr.) to sound, move, or explode like a squib
8. (intr.) to let off or shoot a squib
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Children like to play with squibs on Diwali.
2. They call for change Graphic squibs soon washed away Photographers’ prey.
PRONOUNCE:
squib - स्क्विब
LINK: SQUIB
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