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Words related to barb

Related / Similar Words: shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe

Definition:

one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather;

a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove;

the pointed part of barbed wire;

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";

provide with barbs; "barbed wire";

Hyponyms: fluke, cheap shot

Part Meronyms: vane, web, hook, arrowhead, spear, lance, shaft, barbed wire

Derivational Morphology: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe

Anagrams: Arab

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