squib
noun
1 squib
Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
Roget 406:
snap
etc.
v.;
rapping
etc.
v.;
decrepitation,
crepitation;
report,
thud;
burst,
explosion,
blast,
boom,
discharge,
detonation,
firing,
salvo,
volley.
squib,
cracker,
firecracker,
cherry bomb,
M80,
gun,
cap,
cap gun,
popgun.
implosion.
bomb burst,
atomic explosion,
nuclear explosion
(arms)
727.
[explosive substances]
gunpowder,
dynamite,
gun cotton,
nitroglycerine,
nitrocellulose,
plastic explosive,
plastique,
TNT,
cordite,
trinitrotoluene,
picric acid,
picrates,
mercury fulminate
(arms)
727.
whack,
wham,
pow.
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Roget 856:
ridicule,
derision;
sardonic smile,
sardonic grin;
irrision†;
scoffing
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
mockery,
quiz†,
banter,
irony,
persiflage,
raillery,
chaff,
badinage;
quizzing
etc.
v.;
asteism†.
squib,
satire,
skit,
quip,
quib†,
grin.
parody,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†;
farce
etc.
(drama)
599;
caricature.
buffoonery
etc.
(fun)
840;
practical joke;
horseplay.
scorn,
contempt
etc.
930.
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Dutch: lont
Moby thesaurus: Atticism, agile wit, black humor, blasting cap, burlesque, cap, caricature, comedy, detonating powder, detonator, dry wit, electric detonator, esprit, exploder, farce, fulminating mercury, fuse, hatchet job, humor, imitation, irony, lampoon, malicious parody, mercury fulminate, mockery, nimble wit, parody, pasquil, pasquin, pasquinade, pastiche, percussion cap, pleasantry, poison pen, pretty wit, primacord, primer, priming, quick wit, ready wit, salt, sarcasm, satire, savor of wit, slapstick, slapstick humor, subtle wit, takeoff, travesty, visual humor, wicked imitation, wit ... show more.
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