barb
Meaning of barb
noun
- a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.
- a fleshy filament at the mouth of some fish, such as barbel and catfish.
- a freshwater fish with barbels around the mouth, popular in aquaria.
Middle English (denoting a piece of linen worn over or under the chin by nuns): from Old French barbe, from Latin barba ‘beard’.
noun
a small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa.
mid 17th century: from French barbe, from Italian barbero ‘of Barbary’.
verb- cut or style (a person's hair).
he has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of
my grandson got his hair barbed today
mid 16th century (in now obsolete British use, in the sense ‘shave or trim a man's beard’, from the French verb barber, from barbe ‘beard’): in modern Nigerian use a back-formation from barber.
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- The plural form of barb is: barbs.
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barb
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- barb is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
barb synonyms
Meaning shot:
shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe
Meaning a thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material:
Meaning each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork:
Meaning the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object:
Meaning an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends:
Meaning a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward:
Meaning a stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant:
Meaning a very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing:
Meaning a short pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn:
Meaning any hard, pointed defensive projection or structure, such as a prickle of a hedgehog, a spike-like projection on a sea urchin, a sharp ray in a fish's fin, or a spike on the stem of a plant:
Meaning any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird:
Meaning a stiff animal hair, or a man-made substitute, used to make a brush:
Meaning a prong or sharp point, such as that on a fork or antler:
Meaning a minute sharp-pointed object or structure that is typically present in large numbers, such as a fine particle of ice:
Meaning a hard, pointed projection on part of a plant or animal; a spine or prickle:
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Words that rhyme with barb
Barb, rhabarb, unbarb, joubarb, jubarb, rhubarb
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