Definitions of barb [ɑrb]

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Definition of 'barb'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) barb
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.

2.  barb
an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark.

3.  barb
a hooked or sharp bristle.

4.  barb
one of the series of paired parallel rods that attach to the central shaft of a feather and form its web.

5.  barb
one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.

6.  barb
any of numerous small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums.

7.  barb
Obs. a beard.

8. (v.t.) barb
to furnish with a barb or barbs.

9. (n.) barb
one of a breed of horses related to the Arabian, raised orig. in Barbary.

Etymology: (1630–40; < F barbe < It barbero, der. of Barberia Barbary)

Definition of 'barb'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
"his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

2. (noun) barb
the pointed part of barbed wire

3. (noun) barb
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

4. (verb) barb
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

5. (verb) barb
provide with barbs
"barbed wire"

Definition of 'barb'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) barb
beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it

2. (noun) barb
a muffler, worn by nuns and mourners

3. (noun) barb
paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen

4. (noun) barb
the point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else

5. (noun) barb
a bit for a horse

6. (noun) barb
one of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather

7. (noun) barb
a southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting

8. (noun) barb
a hair or bristle ending in a double hook

9. (noun) barb
the Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors

10. (noun) barb
a blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary

11. (noun) barb
armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1

12. (verb) barb
to shave or dress the beard of

13. (verb) barb
to clip; to mow

14. (verb) barb
to furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc

Translation of 'barb'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a backward-facing point on an arrowhead, fishing-hook etc.
Afrikaans: weerhaak	Arabic: شَوْكَة السَّهم أو الصُّن	Bulgarian: шип
Brazilian: farpa	Czech: háček	German: der Widerhaken
Danish: modhage	Greek: άγκιστρο (π.χ. βέλους)	Spanish: lengüeta
Estonian: kisk	Farsi: نوک تیز قلاب ماهیگیری	Finnish: väkä
French: barbillon, barbelure	Hebrew: חוֹד הַחֵץ	Hindi: कंटक, कांटा
Croatian: kuka	Hungarian: szakáll	Indonesian: duri, kait
Icelandic: agnhald; krókur	Italian: parte uncinata	Japanese: あご
Korean: 미늘, 갈고리	Lithuanian: dantelis, užkarpa	Latvian: āķis (makšķeres u. tml.)
Malay: cangkuk	Dutch: weerhaak	Norwegian: mothake
Polish: zadzior	Persian: نوک تیز قلاب ماهیگیری	Pashto: خنډ، څوكه يا نو كه (لكه د
Portuguese: farpa	Romanian: cârlig	Russian: остриё
Slovak: háčik, osteň	Slovenian: zazobek	Serbian: kukica
Swedish: hulling	Thai: เงี่ยง (ลูกศร เบ็ด)	Turkish: ok ucu, oltaçengeli
Taiwanese: 倒鉤	Ukrainian: зубець	Urdu: آنکڑا، مچھلی پکڑنے کا کان
Vietnamese: ngạnh	Chinese: 倒钩
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