barb

Nouns

(n) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- his parting shot was "drop dead"
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
gibe, jibe, dig, shaft, slam, shot,
(n) the pointed part of barbed wire
(n) a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
(n) one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

Verbs

(v) provide with barbs
- barbed wire

Synonyms

gibe jibe dig shaft slam shot

Words of close approximity

bard bare barf Bari bark barm barn bars Bart

baa bad bag Bai bam ban bap bar bat bay

Baal baas baba babe babu baby Bach back Bade baht Baic bail bait bake Baku bald bale Bali balk ball balm band bane bang bank bard bare barf Bari bark barm barn bars Bart base bash bask bass Bast Bata bate bath bats baud Baum bawd bawl baya

barbacan Barbadian Barbados barbados cherry Barbados dollar Barbados gooseberry Barbados-gooseberry vine Barbados maidenhair Barbados pride Barbara Hepworth Barbara Tuchman Barbara Ward Barbara Wertheim Tuchman Barbarea Barbarea praecox Barbarea verna Barbarea vulgaris barbarian barbaric barbarisation barbarise barbarism barbarity barbarization barbarize Barbarossa barbarous barbarously barbarousness Barbary Barbary ape Barbary Coast Barbary pirate Barbary sheep barbasco barbate barbecue barbecued barbecued spareribs barbecued wing barbecue pit barbecue sauce barbecuing barbed barbed wire barbel barbell barbellate barbeque barber barber chair barberry barberry family barbershop barbershop quartet barber's itch barber's pole Barberton daisy barbet barbette barbette carriage barbican barbital barbitone barbiturate barbituric acid Barbra Joan Streisand Barbra Streisand barbu Barbuda barbwire