Definition of barb

noun (n)

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect (noun.communication)

  Synonym: dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam
  

  source: wordnet30
• the pointed part of barbed wire (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather (noun.animal)

  source: wordnet30
• Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• provide with barbs (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Barbed wire.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To shave or dress the beard of. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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