Plural of barb
regular plural
The plural of barb is barbs.
Forms of barb
| Singular | barb /bɑː(ɹ)b/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | barbs |
| Countable | countable |
Barbs in a sentence
- to trade barbs
- His barbs about fake accounts have weakened trust in Twitter, just as the company prepares to moderate heated political discussions about an upcoming election in Brazil and the midterm elections this fall in the United States, misinformation experts said.2022 July 11, Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, “How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- When barbed and seeded proper the barbs or leaves are green and the seeds yellow.1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, pages 72–73. From the entry seeded
- They do not appreciate human arrogance and hence the Bolis of Puri are slangful, loud and unabated barbs at human follies.2021 September 3, Charudutta Panigrahi, “The Intimacy Of Slangs”, in Odisha News, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025. From the entry slangful
- I wanted more time for the two together, especially more witty barbs, since I revel in an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers trope.2020 January 29, Nathalie Graham, “Sweet As Vanilla Ice Cream”, in The Stranger, page 29. From the entry enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
Meaning of barb
- 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.
- noun A hurtful or disparaging remark.
- noun A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
Questions about the plural of barb
- What is the plural of barb?
- The plural of barb is barbs.
- Is barb countable?
- Barb is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: barb (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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