barb

/bˈɑɹb/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
   “his parting shot was `drop dead'”
2. the pointed part of barbed wire
3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

1. provide with barbs
   “barbed wire”

Synonyms for barb

• shot
• shaft
• slam
• dig
• jibe
• gibe

Words that rhyme with barb

• garb
• rhubarb
• arb
• aldicarb
• barbe
• carb
• farb
• garbe
• goldfarb
• golfarb
• harb
• himmelfarb
• schlarb
• srinagarb
• zarb