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barb

(b/A/rb )

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

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