barb
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Is barb a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of barb?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.Examples: "to trade barbs"; "And she was the only girl in class who did not, sometime through the lesson, get a barb of sarcasm from Miss Brownell, though she made as many mistakes as the rest of them."; "“Maybe I just wanted to come and see for myself if you were real. Or if you were a figment of my imagination.” The barb hurt, but she didn't blame him."figuratively
2. (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
3. (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
4. (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.Synonyms: Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, southern kingfishUS
5. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
6. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.obsolete
verb (English)
1. (Nigeria) To cut (hair).Nigeria
2. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.obsolete
3. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.Examples: "O thou pale ſober night, / […] / The ſtooping Sitheman that dooth barbe the field, / Thou makſt winke ſure: […]"obsolete
noun (English)
1. (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.Examples: "The benzos, it turns out, are just as highly addicting as the barbs, but they do have a much lower potential to cause death by overdose. […] The barbs became one of the most widely abused classes of drugs in the 1960s and 1970s."informal
noun (English)
1. (slang) A fan of American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj.Examples: "Minaj is thrilled to be returning to her legion of Aussie Barbz this October in a brand new full-scale arena show."; "I’m not a Barb, but Nicki Minaj totally made me do a 180 on the whole hating-her-songs-and-general-vibe thing I had going on when I went to review her in concert."; "Lambs and Barbz, remain calm, but Mariah Carey is once again talking about her infamous feud with Nicki Minaj."slang
Definition source: Wiktionary