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.
noun A hurtful or disparaging remark.
to trade barbs
noun A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. A barbel on a fish's face.
noun A barbel on a fish's face.
noun One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
noun Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
noun The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.