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— English words —

• squib n. (Military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
• squib n. A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
• squib n. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
• squib n. (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode…
• squib n. (Firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit…
• squib n. (Automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle’s airbag.
• squib n. (Film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.
• squib n. (Dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.
• squib n. (Dated) A writer of lampoons.
• squib n. (Law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
• squib n. (Linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic…
• squib n. (Archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
• squib n. (Graphic design) A sketched concept or visual solution, usually very quick and not too detailed.
• squib v. To make a sound like a small explosion.
• squib v. (Colloquial, dated, transitive, intransitive) To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections;…

— English word, defined in French —

• squib n. Pétard.

137 English words from 15 English definitions

action airbag and Any Archaic article Automotive azide behind between bullet casebook cases clusters Colloquial concept dated design designed detailed device does effects element enough etc except exit explode explosion explosive extensively Film Firearms firecracker fired firework force fuse general general␣public Graphic Graphic␣design have heating hitting idioms ignite intended intransitive introduces journals kind kind␣of lampoon lampoons launch Law legal legal␣action like Linguistics make malfunction match mean mean␣spirited Military Mining more not of␣a off often paltry pellets person piece placed problematic projectile public published quick quoted rather rather␣than reflections replicate rocket safety safety␣fuse sarcastic set set␣off severe short similar sketched slow slow␣match small sodium sodium␣azide sold solution sound sparks special special␣effects spew spirited squibs summary surface than that that␣is the theater theoretically throw too to␣the transitive unimportant used used␣to usually utter vehicle very visual which witty writer writing

1 foreign word from the foreign definition

Pétard

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Squibb squibs Squibbs squibbed squibber squibbers squibbing squib␣kick squibbings squib␣kicks

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Esquibel Esquibels damp␣squibs sesquibasic

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

damp␣squib

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

quib squi

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

quibs

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bisque qubits quisby squbit Squibb squibs

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Bisu Buis IBUs Qius quib squi Subi subq

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

squab squid SQUID squig squir squit squiz

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

quib squi

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Squibb

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