BARB
Scrabble letter values: B3A1R1B3 = 8
Definition
- verb provide with barbs.
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. — synonyms: shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe
- noun the pointed part of barbed wire.
- noun a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove.
- noun one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.
Examples
- “barbed wire”
- “his parting shot was `drop dead'”
- “she threw shafts of sarcasm”