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Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
A
hurtful
or
disparaging
remark.
●
A
beard
, or that which
resembles
it, or
grows
in the place of it.
●
In Ornithology:
One of the many
side
branches
of a
feather
, which
collectively
constitute
the vane.
●
In Ichthyology & Columbids:
Any of various
species
of
freshwater
carp-like
fish
that have
barbels
and
belong
to the
cyprinid
family.
●
In American English, Cyprinids & Horse tack:
The
sciaenid
fish
Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
●
In Botany:
A
hair
or
bristle
ending in
a double hook.
●
A
muffler
,
worn
by
nuns
and mourners.
●
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.
●
A
bit
for a horse.
●
In Horse tack:
A
plastic
fastener
,
shaped
roughly
like a
capital
I (with
serifs
), used to
attach
socks
etc. to their packaging.
●
The Barbary
horse
, a
superior
breed
introduced
from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
●
A
blackish
or
dun
variety
of
pigeon
,
originally
brought
from Barbary.
●
In Pharmaceutical drugs:
A barbiturate.
●
In Armor:
Armor for a horse.
●
In Fans (people):
A
fan
of the American
singer
Nicki Minaj, especially a
female
one.
Verb
●
To
furnish
with
barbs
, or with that which will
hold
or
hurt
like
barbs
, as an
arrow
,
fishhook
,
spear
, etc.
●
In Nigerian English:
To
cut
(hair).
●
To
shave
or
dress
the
beard
of.
●
To
clip
; to mow.
●
To
cover
a
horse
in armor.
Name
●
A
diminutive
of the
female
given name
Barbara.
●
A surname.
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Origin
barb
English
Barbary
English
barbe
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
barba
Latin
Sourced from
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