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View definitions for barb

barb

noun as in point

noun as in pointed comment

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The stage was completely transformed into a prison yard, complete with barbed wire fences, bunk beds and outdoor gym equipment.

McCoy — who intends to join the Saturday protest — said she’s gotten cheers and barbs from fellow residents, and she had two words of advice for a neighbor who gave her a hard time:

The Washington Post said Simpson was known for his “barbed wit” and “feistiness.”

The barbed insult of “diversity hire” or “DEI hire” made them feel as though they didn’t quite belong despite their qualifications.

From Salon

At a refugee camp in Greece in 2021, he decried our “age of walls and barbed wire.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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