barbs

Noun

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• the pointed part of barbed wire
• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
• plural of barb

Verb

• provide with barbs
• third-person singular simple present indicative of barb

Synonyms

barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam