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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

Definition 2:
• A surname.
Noun

Definition 1:
• A fan of American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj.
Labels: slang
Noun
Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)b/

Definition 1:
• 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.

Definition 2:
• The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

Definition 3:
• A barbiturate.
Labels: medicine, pharmacology, sciences, informal

Definition 4:
• Armor for a horse.

Definition 5:
• Clipping of barbarian.
Labels: video-games, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

Definition 6:
• A hurtful or disparaging remark.
Example: to trade barbs
Labels: figuratively

Definition 7:
• A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

Definition 8:
• A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

Definition 9:
• A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
• A barbel on a fish's face.

Definition 10:
• One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
Labels: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology

Definition 11:
• Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: barbel
Labels: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology

Definition 12:
• The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, southern kingfish
Labels: US

Definition 13:
• A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Labels: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Definition 14:
• A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 15:
• 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.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: barbel, barble

Definition 16:
• A bit for a horse.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 17:
• A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
Verb
Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)b/

Definition 1:
• To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

Definition 2:
• To cover a horse in armor.

Definition 3:
• To cut (hair).
Labels: Nigeria

Definition 4:
• To shave or dress the beard of.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 5:
• To clip; to mow.
Labels: obsolete

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barb