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(1):

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

(2):

(a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

(3):

(a.) A paltry fellow.

(4):

(a.) A writer of lampoons.

(5):

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

(6):

(a.) 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.