Squib

SQUIB

-noun

1.  a firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion

2.  a firework that does not explode because of a fault; dud

3.  a short witty attack; lampoon

4.  an electric device for firing a rocket engine

5.  obsolete  an insignificant person

6.  slang  (Austral., NZ) . a coward

-verb

7.  (intr.) to sound, move, or explode like a squib

8.  (intr.) to let off or shoot a squib

9.  to write a squib against (someone)

10.  (intr.) to move in a quick irregular fashion

11.  slang (Austral.) (intr) to behave in a cowardly fashion

They call for change

Graphic squibs soon washed away

Photographers’ prey.

Moody

MOODY

-adj.

1. sullen, sulky, or gloomy

2. temperamental or changeable

In a fit of tears

Over moody break up

Wet feet

 

Stymie

STYMIE

(also spelled: stymy)

-verb (trans.; often passive)

1. to hinder or thwart

2. (golf) to impede with a stymie

-noun

3. (golf) (formerly) a situation on the green in which an opponent's ball is blocking the line between the hole and the ball about to be played; an obstructing ball may now be lifted and replaced by a marker

4. a situation of obstruction

Often I tried to pass this way

Only to be stymied by the angel’s stare

A Cherub it isn’t quite despite looks

Death in a benign mask