squib

English - Turkish

Definition of squib in English Turkish dictionary: maytap; kestanefişeği; yergi; hiciv; fişek; fişek atmak; (Askeri) ATEŞLEYİCİ: Bir roket veya benzeri mühimmattaki tutuşturma tertibatını ateşlemek için kullanılan, küçük payroteknik cihaz. Patlayan bir detanatör ile karıştırılmamalıdır; yergi/fişek; {i} taşlama; {i} patlayıcı; {i} dinamit fitili; dinamite konulan emniyet fitili; hiciv söylemek veya yazmak
flare squib: (Askeri) karıştırıcı
flare squib: (Askeri) yanıltıcı
closed and electric squib: (Askeri) KAPALI UÇLU ELEKTRİKLE ATEŞLEYİCİ: Bknz. "electric squib"
damp squib: heyecansız şey
damp squib: başarısız girişim
damp squib: (deyim) basarisiz girisim
electric squib: (Askeri) ELEKTRİKLİ ATEŞLEYİCİ: Sis kutuları gibi, elektrikle ateşlenen yanıcı harp malzemesi için yapılmış bir ateşleyici. İçinde ince bir direnç telinin etrafına basınçla sıkıştırılmış bir barut hakkı bulunan kükürtle kapatılmış ufak bir borudan ibarettir. "open end" (açık uçlu), "flash vented" (delikli) ve "closed end" (kapalı uçlu) olmak üzere üç tipi vardır. Bak. "squib"
flash vented electric squib: (Askeri) DELİKLİ ELEKTRİKLE ATEŞLEYİCİ: Bak. "electric squib"
open end electric squib: (Askeri) AÇIK UÇLU ELEKTRİKLİ ATEŞLEYİCİ: Bak. "electric squib"

English - English

Definition of squib in English English dictionary: Any small firecracker sold to the general public. Usually available in special clusters designed to explode in series after a single master fuze is lit; 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.; In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more fully cited cases; A short article, often published in journals, that introduces empirical data problematic to linguistic theory or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical linguistic article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses
In this squib I will prove that the number of possible metrical parsings into feet under these assumptions.; The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag; An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person; A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc; A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon; A small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface; To make a sound such as a small explosion
A Snider squibbed in the jungle.; {n} a paper of wildfire, a puffing fellow, ridicule; 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; {i} witty verbal attack, lampoon; short humorous article used as filler in a magazine or newspaper; small firecracker; In a legal casebook, a short summary of a case placed between more fully cited cases; A similar device used to ignite a rocket etc; You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things. The all-party meeting was a damp squib; To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate; A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay; firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise; A writer of lampoons; A paltry fellow; A kind of slow match or safety fuse; {f} satirize, lampoon; shoot off a small firecracker; A small firework that burns with a fizzing noise
squib kick: A kickoff in which the ball is kicked low so that it will bounce along the ground, making it difficult to field and return
damp squib: A firework that fails to go off, due to wetting
damp squib: Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations
damp squib: unsuccessful prank or practical joke
squibs: plural of squib