Barb

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Definitions:

Noun

shot shaft slam dig barb jibe gibe

Definition: 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"

barb

Definition: the pointed part of barbed wire

barb

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

barb

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

Definition: 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.

Definition: The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

Definition: A barbiturate.

Definition: Armor for a horse.

Definition: A fan of the American singer Nicki Minaj, especially a female one.

Verb

barb

Definition: provide with barbs; "barbed wire"

Definition: To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

Definition: To cover a horse in armor.