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barb
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??(?)b/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b
Etymology 1
From Middle English barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe (“beard, beard-like element”). Doublet of beard.
Noun
barb (plural barbs)
- 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.
- 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus
- Having two barbs or points.
- 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus
- (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- The barbel is so called […] by reason of his barbs, or wattles at his mouth.
- (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
- (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
- (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- Synonyms: Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, southern kingfish
- (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
- Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
- Synonyms: barbel, barble
- (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
Translations
Verb
barb (third-person singular simple present barbs, present participle barbing, simple past and past participle barbed)
- To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 6, lines 544-6, [2]
- […] for this day will pour down, / If I conjecture aught, no drizzling shower, / But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Meg the Worker," [3]
- Her coat was a tangled mass, barbed with last year's burs, matted disgustingly with cow dung.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 6, lines 544-6, [2]
- (Nigeria) To cut (hair).
- (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
- (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
- 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent
- The stooping scythe-man , that doth barb the field
- 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of Barbary.
Noun
barb (plural barbs)
- The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
Etymology 3
Clipping of barbiturate.
Noun
barb (plural barbs)
- (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
- Coordinate term: benzo
Etymology 4
Corruption of bard.
Noun
barb (plural barbs)
- Armor for a horse.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:
- The defensive armor with the horses of the ancient knights ... These are frequently, though improperly, stiled barbs.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:
Translations
Verb
barb (third-person singular simple present barbs, present participle barbing, simple past and past participle barbed)
- To cover a horse in armor.
Further reading
- barb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- barb (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Barb in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- BBAR, Rabb, abbr, abbr.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin barbus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ba?p/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?barp/
Noun
barb m (plural barbs)
- barbel
Further reading
- “barb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Manx
Etymology
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Adjective
barb (plural barbey, comparative barbey)
- sharp, drastic
- cruel, rough
Derived terms
- neuvarb
Noun
barb m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- sharp point, javelin
Mutation
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arb
English
Etymology
Clipping.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)b
Noun
arb (countable and uncountable, plural arbs)
- (finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
- (countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
- (countable, informal) An arboretum.
- 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College
- Just don't be too scared when you hear rumors of sacrificial ceremonies in the Arb […]
- 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College
Verb
arb (third-person singular simple present arbs, present participle arbing, simple past and past participle arbed)
- (finance, trading, transitive) To engage in arbitrage.
Anagrams
- ABR, Bar, Bar., RBA, Rab, abr., bar, bar-, bra
Irish
Alternative forms
- ar (used before consonant sounds)
- ar b’ (superseded)
Particle
arb (copular form used before adjective, adverb, or pronoun beginning with vowels)
- Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense
Related terms
References
- "arb" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *arpa.
Noun
arb
- lot, fate, destiny
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