Barbs

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Barbs

noun

The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
A hurtful or disparaging remark.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
A horse.

verb

To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
To cut (hair).
To shave or dress the beard of.
To clip; to mow.

noun

The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

noun

A barbiturate.

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12 words can be made from the letters in "barbs":

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