barbnoun [ C ]
uk/bɑːb/us/bɑːrb/barb noun [ C ] (POINT)
the sharp part that points backwards from a fish hook (= curved piece of wire) or arrow, making it hard to remove it from something
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- trail
- trap
- troll
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Pins, clips, hooks & pegs
barb noun [ C ] (REMARK)
a remark that is funny but unkind:
I tried to ignore their barbs about my new jacket.
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Remarks & remarking
- aside
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark on sth
- riposte
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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