Synonyms for barb:
noun point
noun pointed comment
Examples of uses:
Old me would have been totally down for, like, an old-fashioned barb fest, but I've decided recently that I'm trying to change my patterns.
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Look, you must put barb all way through. Like this.
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Let her have the satisfaction of knowing that her barb went home.
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That's the Syrian border. The border is stuffed up with barb wires, mines.
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You know Glaze thinks you're the sharpest barb on the wire.
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Wind barbs Wind barbs are the most visible portion of a station plot.
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Title: How to Read a Surface Weather Map, author: Dennis Mersereau, url: https://www.outsideonline.com/2414872/how-to-read-surface-weather-maps?utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xmlfeed
A wind barb contains half lines, full lines, and flags to denote wind speeds.
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Title: How to Read a Surface Weather Map, author: Dennis Mersereau, url: https://www.outsideonline.com/2414872/how-to-read-surface-weather-maps?utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xmlfeed
A patch with smaller barbs punctured the slim stem of a tomato plant.
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Title: Silk-based microneedles may help treat diseased plants, author: Kathryn Hulick, url: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/silk-based-microneedles-treat-diseased-plants
To make the microneedle’s barbs, the researchers took advantage of a curious effect of this type of 3-D printing.
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Title: Micro-barbs could make shots less painful, author: Stephen Ornes, url: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/less-painful-shots-micro-barbs
On exposure to ultraviolet light, the barbs curved downward.
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Title: Micro-barbs could make shots less painful, author: Stephen Ornes, url: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/less-painful-shots-micro-barbs
