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barb
v.
make barbed
n.
sharp hook-like projection; thorn; sharp comment; one of a breed of horse
Barb
Barb or
BARB may refer to:
- A backward-facing point on a fish hook or similar implement, rendering extraction from the victim's flesh more difficult
- Alphons Barb, Austrian-born academic
- Wind barbs for each station on a map of reported weather conditions
- Barb (feather), the branches issuing from the rachis of feathers
- Barb (fish), several species of freshwater fish
- Barb (horse), a breed from North Africa
- Barb (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
- Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom.
- Barb, a shortened version of Barbara (given name)
- Barding or barb, a type of armor for horses
- Australian Kelpie or barb, a breed of dog
- A type of pipe fitting called barb, used to connect hosing (the ridges face backward, making insertion easy and removal difficult)
- Barb, a shortened version of barbiturate, a drug that acts as a depressant for the central nervous system
- USS Barb, the name of two submarines of the US Navy
- Barb, a term used by Nicki Minaj's fans to refer to themselves
- Barbs, another term for Barbarians, a Tier 1 troop in Clash of Clans
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
The
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) is the organisation that compiles
audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1981 to replace a previous systems whereby
ITV ratings were compiled by JICTAR (Joint Industry Committee for Television Audience Research), whilst the
BBC did their own audience research.
barb
Noun
1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
(synonym) shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe
(hypernym) remark, comment
(hyponym) cheap shot
2. the pointed part of barbed wire
(hypernym) point
(part-holonym) barbed wire
3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) fluke
(part-holonym) hook
4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
(hypernym) fibril, filament, strand
(part-holonym) vane, web
Verb
1. provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
2. provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
barb
n.
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Barb
(v. t.)
To shave or dress the beard of.
(v. t.)
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
(v. t.)
To clip; to mow.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
(n.)
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
(n.)
One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
(n.)
Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
(n.)
Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
(n.)
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
(n.)
A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
(n.)
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
(n.)
A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
(n.)
A bit for a horse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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