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barb nghĩa là gì?

ngạnh

/bɑː(ɹ)b/

barb in Vietnamese: ngạnh, cá mè. 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.

Vietnamese words for barb

point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc
ngạnh
fish of the cyprinid family
cá mè

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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Questions about barb in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of barb in Vietnamese?
Barb in Vietnamese is ngạnh, cá mè.
barb nghĩa là gì?
Barb: ngạnh, cá mè.
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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Adapted from Wiktionary: barb (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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