nnoun.communicationan aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effectSynset:dig gibe jibe shaft shot slam
Examples:- his parting shot was 'drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
Derivationally Related Form:gibe
Hypernyms:comment input remark
Inherited Hypernyms:shotremarkstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cheap shot
nnoun.artifactthe pointed part of barbed wireDerivationally Related Form:barb
Part Holonyms:barbed wire barbwire
Hypernyms:point
Inherited Hypernyms:barbpointendextremityregionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to removePart Holonyms:arrowhead hook lance shaft spear
Hypernyms:point
Inherited Hypernyms:barbpointendextremityregionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:fluke
nnoun.animalone of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a featherPart Holonyms:vane web
Hypernyms:fibril filament strand
Inherited Hypernyms:barbfibrilfibermaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:barbfibrilfibermaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
vverb.contactprovide with barbsDerivationally Related Form:barb
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:barbchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something