- shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe - 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"
--1 is a kind of remark, comment
--1 has particulars: cheap shot - barb - the pointed part of barbed wire
--2 is a kind of point
--2 is a part of barbed wireDerived forms: verb barb1, verb barb2 - barb - a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
--3 is a kind of point
--3 is a part of hook; arrowhead; spear, lance, shaft
--3 has particulars: fluke- barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
--4 is a kind of fibril, filament, strand
--4 is a part of vane, web - barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- barb - provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun barb2
Somebody ----s something
- barb - provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun barb2
Somebody ----s something