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barb
1[ bahrb ]
noun
- a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- an obviously or openly unpleasant or cutting remark.
- Botany, Zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle.
- Ornithology. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather.
- one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.
- any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums.
- Usually barbs. Veterinary Pathology. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen.
- Obsolete. a beard.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a barb or barbs.
barb
2[ bahrb ]
noun
- one of a breed of horses raised originally in Barbary.
barb
3[ bahrb ]
noun
BARB
1/ ɑː /
acronym for
- Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
barb
2/ ɑː /
noun
- a subsidiary point facing in the opposite direction to the main point of a fish-hook, harpoon, arrow, etc, intended to make extraction difficult
- any of various pointed parts, as on barbed wire
- a cutting remark; gibe
- any of the numerous hairlike filaments that form the vane of a feather
- a beardlike growth in certain animals
- a hooked hair or projection on certain fruits
- any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus (or Puntius ) and related genera, such as B. conchonius ( rosy barb )
- usually plural any of the small fleshy protuberances beneath the tongue in horses and cattle
- a white linen cloth forming part of a headdress extending from the chin to the upper chest, originally worn by women in the Middle Ages, now worn by nuns of some orders
- obsolete.a beard
verb
- tr to provide with a barb or barbs
barb
3/ ɑː /
noun
- a breed of horse of North African origin, similar to the Arab but less spirited
barb
4/ ɑː /
noun
- a black kelpie See kelpie 1
barb
/ ä /
- A sharp point projecting backward, as on the stinger of a bee.
- One of the hairlike branches on the shaft of a feather.
Derived Forms
- barbed, adjective
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Example Sentences
McCoy — who intends to join the Saturday protest — said she’s gotten cheers and barbs from fellow residents, and she had two words of advice for a neighbor who gave her a hard time:
The Washington Post said Simpson was known for his “barbed wit” and “feistiness.”
The barbed insult of “diversity hire” or “DEI hire” made them feel as though they didn’t quite belong despite their qualifications.
At a refugee camp in Greece in 2021, he decried our “age of walls and barbed wire.”
Enclosed by walls topped with barbed wire, the workers' area of the compound was its own self-contained world, featuring a basketball court, supermarket and restaurants.
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