Clues for the word "BARB"
We've had 151 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 415 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 24, 2026.
Definition of barb
- n. - Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
- n. - A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A bit for a horse.
- n. - One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
- n. - A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
- n. - A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
- v. t. - To shave or dress the beard of.
- v. t. - To clip; to mow.
- v. t. - To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- n. - The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
- n. - A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
- n. - Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
Referring Clues
- Zinger
- Cutting remark
- Fishhook's end
- Stinging remark
- Fishhook feature
- Putdown
- Unkind comment
- Nasty remark
- Fishhook part
- Arrowhead feature
- Sticker
- Stinging comment
- Part of a fishhook
- Unnice comment
- One-liner, perhaps
- Biting remark
- Pointed remark
- Sharp remark
- Insulting remark
- Sharp comment
- Piercing remark
- Stinging sarcasm
- Pointed comment
- Don Rickles remark
- Sticker on a fence
- Dig
- Rickles remark
- Caustic comment
- Openly unpleasant remark
- Insulting comment
- Wire cutter?
- Livestock fence feature
- Comeback, perhaps
- Point on a wire fence
- Fishhook point
- Offensive line
- Fishhook projection
- Wire feature, perhaps
- Carping remark
- Verbal zinger
- Pointed part
- Critical remark
- Aggressive witticism
- Cutting comment
- Spiteful comment
- Biting comment
- Sharp projection
- Hook part
- End of a fishhook
- Hurtful remark
- Unkind remark
- Wire point
- Unkind retort
- Caustic remark
- Needling comment
- Zinging remark
- Hurtful comment
- Small sticker
- Harpoon point
- Needling remark
- First wife of Bill on HBO's "Big Love"
- Jibe
- Sharp put-down
- Fishhook point
- Farm fence feature
- Cutting put-down
- Hook feature
- Thorn
- Hook point
- Insult
- Feather tip
- Wire fence point
- Remark from Don Rickles
- Gibe
- Zinger of a comment
- "Touche" elicitor
- Critical comment
- Scathing remark
- Sharp witticism
- Sharp bristle
- Point that might help protect a fenced-in areA
- Snide remark
- Snide comment
- Caustic comeback
- Catty comment
- "Yo mama" joke, e.g.
- *Part of a fishhook
- Point of a hook
- Sarcastic dig
- Disincentive for fence-sitting
- Provocative remark
- Sticker on a wire fence
- Hook
- Stinging rebuke
- Spiteful remark
- Fence prong
- Pointed remark in pub? Bravo!
- Sharp hook on a wire fence
- Aggressive remark intended to have a telling effect
- Spike has doll that is missing
- A minor point
- Wounding remark
- Twisted point of hook
- Pointed part - gibe
- Small prong on larger point
- Fish served by second pub on list?
- Hook - gibe
- Backward-facing part of hook
- Part of an arrow head
- Woundingly pointed remark
- Hook fish, losing 2
- Something sharp that's taken from a doll
- Fish hook
- Nancy's best friend in "Stranger Things"
- Wire cutter?
- Sharp point is said to hurt
- Fish-hook point
- Pointed remark made in pub by bishop
- Exclude bishop for hurtful remark
- Fish counter, Billingsgate's first
- Sharp part of a fishhook
- Sharp point on a farm fence
- Wire sticker
- Prong
- Pointy thing on a wire fence
- Scorpion's tail feature
- Porcupine quill feature
- Sharp point on some farm fences
- Verbal jab
- Sharp point on a ranch's wire fence
- Catty remark
- Sticking point
- Part of a prison fence
- One on the hook, perhaps
- Stinger
- There's little point in removing it from rabbit stew
- Fence-sitter's deterrent
- Aggressive remark directed at a person
- Good name for someone with a sharp tongue?
- Fencing spike
- Sharp feature on a fence wire
- Sharp point
- Acerbic remark
- Sharp point on a fence
- "___ and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" (Kristen Wiig film)
- Sharp part of a fence, or a fan of Nicki Minaj
- Sharp part of a wire fence
- End of a huge fishhook
- Sharp hook of a wire fence
- Sharp point, or sharp remark
- Spike
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 24, 2026
- LA Times - February 22, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 26, 2025
- Daily American - June 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 26, 2025
- LA Times - March 27, 2025
- New York Times - March 25, 2025
- New York Times - February 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 09, 2025
- USA Today - December 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 05, 2024
- Daily American - September 10, 2024
- USA Today - August 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 21, 2024
- Family Time - August 05, 2024
- Daily American - August 05, 2024
- Daily American - July 28, 2024
- LA Times - July 21, 2024
- USA Today - July 13, 2024
- New York Times - June 21, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - June 18, 2024
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