barb
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- definition the pointed part of barbed wire
- definition a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- definition one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- definition provide with barbs