squib
- n firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
- MIsfortune, bad refereeing and lousy management turn Zizou's grand finale into a damp squib.
- An anticipated Olympics-related tourism boom looks to be more of a damp squib, probably due in part to unusually strict enforcement of visa regulations.
- It's just really put a damp squib on something that was a fantastic experience.