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Definition barb in American English

barb noun

[countable]noun
/bɑrb/
1

a short curved point on something such as a fish hook that makes it difficult to remove

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Example

Policymakers traded barbs about whose actions harmed the world economy most.

4

one of the thin, hairlike filaments that make up a feather

Definition barb in American English