barb

Meanings

• 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
• provide with barbs
  • "barbed wire"

Synonyms

dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam