barb
barb
bɑrb
baarb
/bˈɑːb/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "barb"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻŸā§‚āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ

a sharp or pointed remark that is intended to criticize or upset someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician responded to the reporter 's barb with a sarcastic remark of his own.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŸā§‚āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦ, āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

one of the thin, hair-like structures branching from the main shaft of a bird's feather
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientists studied the microscopic structure of feather barbs.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻāϰ āĻ…āϪ⧁āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦ

a sharp projection on an arrowhead, spear, or similar tool designed to make removal difficult
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ancient hunters used spears with barbs for fishing.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

a sharp projection or point, typically found on wire fencing, designed to deter and hinder passage or intrusion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got a small cut on his arm from brushing against a barb while climbing over the fence.
āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻ™āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧂āϚāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to equip something, such as a weapon, hook, or wire, with sharp projections
Transitive: to barb sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They barbed the wire to make the fence harder to cross.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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