Squib

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.

A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.

A writer of lampoons.

A paltry fellow.

To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.