squibs

Noun

squib (plural squibs)

1. 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.
2. A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
3. A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
4. (US) Any small firecracker sold to the general public, usually in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuse is lit.
5. A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
6. The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.

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