Squib
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A squib is a phenomenon in gunmanship in which a bullet that is fired does not have enough force behind it to clear the barrel, forcing the next round to ram into it when fired. Can be extremely dangerous, causing damage to the firearm as well as injury, or death, to the user.
Additionally, squib may also refer to:
- squib (explosive), a small explosive
- squib (linguistics), a short article that is intended to ignite thinking and discourse
- squib sailboat, a small sailboat
- Squib (weblog), a free, open source, weblog publishing application written in Ruby programming language
- Squib (program), a computer message board system
- A squib, a magically-impaired member of a wizarding family in Harry Potter
- Squib, an alien race in Star Wars
- Squib kick, a technique applied to American football kickoffs
- West Country Carnival, also known as squibbing, a tradition of the West Country Carnival in Bridgwater, where by 140 squib fireworks are held aloft at the end of the procession
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