Dictionary Check: barb
"barb" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Example:
"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
Example:
"barbed wire"
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