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Meaning of barbs
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.
- Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
- A horse.
verb
- To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
- To cut (hair).
- To shave or dress the beard of.
- To clip; to mow.
noun
- 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.
noun
- A barbiturate.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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