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.