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barb meaning in Urdu

آنکڑی

/bɑː(ɹ)b/

barb in Urdu: آنکڑی, کانٹا, خار, سنان. 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.

Urdu words for barb

آنکڑی, کانٹا, خار, سنان, چھیدنا, حجامت کرنا

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.

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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 Urdu

What is the meaning of barb in Urdu?
Barb in Urdu is آنکڑی, کانٹا, خار, سنان.
barb کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Barb: آنکڑی, کانٹا, خار, سنان.
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.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: barb (page history and authors). 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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