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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/ ²úɑ˲ú /
acronym for
- Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
barb
2/ ²úɑ˲ú /
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/ ²úɑ˲ú /
noun
- a breed of horse of North African origin, similar to the Arab but less spirited
barb
4/ ²úɑ˲ú /
noun
- a black kelpie See kelpie 1
barb
/ ²úä°ù²ú /
- 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
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of barb1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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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.â€
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.â€
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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