n.
1.an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
2.the pointed part of barbed wire
3.a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
4.one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather barb v.
1.provide with barbs
2.provide with barbs
Idiom of the Day
ham it up
to do something silly or try to exaggerate something in a funny way
I was hamming it up with my friend in front of the principal's office.