barb
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being…The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
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» The barb on fishhooks make them difficult to remove.
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Examples
7 sentencesThe barb on fishhooks make them difficult to remove.
He took my barbs in his usual good-natured way.
My coat got caught on a barb on the barbed wire.
Meaning
16 sensesThe point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
Widerhaken
шипšip, колю́чкаkoljúčka, зубе́цzubéc
One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
Federast
боро́дкаboródka
(figuratively)A hurtful or disparaging remark.
to trade barbs
More meanings 13
Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
A barbel on a fish's face.
(US)The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- the pointed part of barbed wire
- a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
Origin
Clipping of Barbary. Clipping of barbiturate. Corruption of bard.Forms
plural: barbsSynonyms
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