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barb meaning in Kannada

ಬಾರ್ಬ್

/bɑː(ɹ)b/

barb in Kannada: ಬಾರ್ಬ್. In English, barb means 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.

Kannada words for barb

ಬಾರ್ಬ್

English meaning of barb

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A hurtful or disparaging remark.
  3. noun A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
  4. noun A barbel on a fish's face.

Full definition of barb

Synonyms of barb

  • barbel
  • Carolina whiting
  • king whiting
  • southern kingcroaker
  • southern kingfish
  • barble

All synonyms of barb

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Questions about barb in Kannada

What is the meaning of barb in Kannada?
Barb in Kannada is ಬಾರ್ಬ್.
barb ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Barb: ಬಾರ್ಬ್.
What does barb mean in English?
Barb means 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.

Source and license

Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “barb”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: barb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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