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▪ I. ˈsquibbing, vbl. n.
[f. squib v.]
1. The utterance or writing of squibs.
1607S. Collins Serm. (1608) 70 Their squibbing at the Prelacie, yea and glancing sometimes at the soueraign authority. a1849Poe Thou art the Man Wks. 1895 I. 148 Hereupon some little squibbing and bickering occurred among various members of the crowd. 1856J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) I. i. 5, I was an early dabbler in political squibbing.
2. The action of firing or letting off squibs, shooting with a gun, etc. Also with off.
1697in 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. II. 592 The Governors of the city have been very diligent to prevent the squibbing. 1729Swift To Delany Wks. 1751 III. ii. 228 When with squibbing, flashing, popping, He cannot see one creature dropping. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 108 Nothing is more absurd, if a gun has been washed, than dirtying it long before its time, by what is called ‘squibbing’. 1830Poor Man's Guardian 25 Dec. 5/1 The squibbing off a few pistols after the meeting. 1841Peter Parley's Annual II. 63 He was thoughtless enough to go on the Green in the midst of the squibbing, with this large quantity of squibs and crackers about him.
b. In fig. context.
1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Doubts & F. vii, Under the heavy fire of her self-gratulation, supported by the auxiliary squibbing of her dependant. 1840Mrs. Gore in New Monthly Mag. LX. 53 The solemn minute-guns of a quarterly review compared with the squibbings of a daily paper.
▪ II. ˈsquibbing, ppl. a.
[f. squib v.]
1. Uttering or composing squibs; of the nature of a squib or squibs; characterized by smart or satirical remarks.
c1650in Langbaine Acc. Eng. Dram. Poets (1691) 258 The squibbing Middleton, and Heywood Sage, Th' Apologetick Atlas of the Stage. a1651Cleveland Poems 41 But you're inchanted, Sir, you're doubly free From the great Guns and Squibbing Poetry. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Passion & Princ. x, A squibbing conversation, which was carrying on between the mother and daughters at the top of the table.
2. Acting as squibs; explosive.
1710J. Dunton Life & Err. (1818) II. xv. 704 Our squibbing Boutefeus, that fill the Church with endless noise, and heat, and pother.
3. Moving in a jerky irregular manner.
1895Outing XXVII. 195/2 When I tried to take him on with a squibbing pony for half a mile. |
