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barb
/bɑɹb/ · 4 letters · 3 distinct letters
- noun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
his parting shot was `drop dead'
- noun
the pointed part of barbed wire
- noun
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- noun
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- verb
provide with barbs
barbed wire