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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.
Veterinary Pathology.Usually barbs. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen.
Also a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns.
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 /
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
obsoletea beard
verb
(tr) to provide with a barb or barbs
barb
2/ ɑː /
noun
a breed of horse of North African origin, similar to the Arab but less spirited
barb
3/ ɑː /
noun
a black kelpie See kelpie 1
BARB
4/ ɑː /
acronym
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
barb
A sharp point projecting backward, as on the stinger of a bee.
One of the hairlike branches on the shaft of a feather.
Other 51Թ Forms
- barbed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of barb1
Origin of barb2
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of barb1
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Example Sentences
That living arrangement produces some friction and good-natured barbs, but Sybil, as played by Lavin, always leads with love and a generous spirit.
Sneakers hang by their laces from barbed wire, dangling above two motorbikes.
In January this year he became South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody.
The wrestling pioneer threw opponents through tables and barbed wire.
On this spring night in 2025, the Newark Police and a large crowd of protesters were on the same side of history — and the same side of a chain-link fence topped with barbed razor wire.
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