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Meaning of barb

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  barb
      n 1: 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" [syn: {shot}, {shaft},
           {slam}, {dig}, {barb}, {jibe}, {gibe}]
      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
      v 1: provide with barbs; "barbed wire"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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