Noun

• S: (n) 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"
• S: (n) barb (the pointed part of barbed wire)
• S: (n) barb (a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove)
• S: (n) barb (one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather)

Verb

• S: (v) barb (provide with barbs) "barbed wire"