squib /ˈskwɪb/
 爆竹,嘲諷,諷刺文章(vt.)(vi.)放爆竹,砰然爆開,嘲弄
 Squib n.
 1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
    Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.   --Waller.
    The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable.   --Blackstone.
 2. Mining A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
 3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
    Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes.   --Goldsmith.
 4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
    The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.   --Tatler.
 5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.]
 Squib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed p. pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.] To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate. [Colloq.]
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 squib
      n : firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
          broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
      [also: squibbing, squibbed]