Définitions
1.NounThe 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.
2.NounA hurtful or disparaging remark."to trade barbs"
3.NounA beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
A barbel on a fish's face.
4.NounA barbel on a fish's face.
5.NounOne of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
6.NounAny of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
7.NounThe sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
8.NounA hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
9.NounA muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
10.NounPaps, 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.
11.NounA bit for a horse.
12.NounA plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
13.VerbTo furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
14.VerbTo cut (hair).
15.VerbTo shave or dress the beard of.
16.VerbTo clip; to mow.
17.NounThe Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
18.NounA blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
19.NounA barbiturate.
20.NounArmor for a horse.
21.VerbTo cover a horse in armor.