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61(a) damp squib — British & Australian an event which people think will be exciting but which is disappointing when it happens. The party turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. Half the people who d been invited didn t turn up …
62Damp squib — (UK) If something is expected to have a great effect or impact but doesn t, it is a damp squib …
63damp squib — /dæmp ˈskwɪb/ (say damp skwib) noun → squib (def. 5) …
64damp squib — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ something that turns out to be much less impressive than expected …
65damp squib — Brit. Informal. something meant but failing to impress or succeed. [1965 70] * * * …
66damp squib — noun a) A firework that fails to go off, due to wetting. b) Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations …
67damp squib — unsuccessful prank or practical joke …
68damp squib — (UK) somethng s expected to have a great effect or mpact but doesn t, s a damp squb. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
69damp squib — noun Brit. something much less impressive than expected …
70Squibbed — Squib Squib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squibbed} (skw[i^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squibbing}.] To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …