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barb

/bɑː(ɹ)b/noun, verb1 syllable

Barb means: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.

Synonyms for barb12

noun, as in an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe

also used for barb

barbel, Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, southern kingfish, barble

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What does barb mean?5

noun

1

an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect“his parting shot was ‘drop dead’”

2

the pointed part of barbed wire

3

a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

4

one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

1

provide with barbs“barbed wire”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with barb?2

one syllable

carbgarb
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Barb in a sentence

  • The barb on fishhooks make them difficult to remove.zachleigh
  • My coat got caught on a barb on the barbed wire.zumley
  • He couldn't come up with a pithy barb on the spot.shekitten

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of barb

as a noun

plural
barbs

as a verb

past tense
barbed
present participle
barbing
third-person singular
barbs
past participle
barbed