barb

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect (Freq. 1)
- his parting shot was 'drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
• Syn:
shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe
• Derivationally related forms:
gibe (for: gibe)
• Hypernyms:
remark, comment, input
• Hyponyms:
cheap shot
2. the pointed part of barbed wire
• Hypernyms:
point
• Part Holonyms:
barbed wire, barbwire
3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
• Hypernyms:
point
• Hyponyms:
fluke
• Part Holonyms:
hook, arrowhead, spear, lance, shaft
4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
• Hypernyms:
fibril, filament, strand
• Part Holonyms:
vane, web

II - verb

provide with barbs
- barbed wire
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe