barbs is a form of:

Barb



1.
(FIGURATIVE) Subtle barb ពាក្យស៊កសៀត (ធ្វើឱ្យឈឺចិត្ដ)
noun
1.
(curved jag on the point of a spear, arrow, fishhook, etc) ពុកមាត់ត្រី, ភាពមានទំពក់, ភាពមានងៀងឬបន្លា, ពុកចង្កា, អមគាង, wire barb ងៀង, បន្លា
verbpast tense: barbed ; past participle: barbed ; present participle: barbing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (furnish with barbs or prongs as an arrow) barb wire ដាក់ងៀង, barb one's speech ស៊កសៀតពាក្យធ្វើឱ្យឈឺចិត្ដ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
2.
A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
3.
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
4.
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.
5.
A bit for a horse.
6.
One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
7.
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
8.
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
9.
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
10.
A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
11.
Armor for a horse.
verbpast tense: barbed ; past participle: barbed ; present participle: barbing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To shave or dress the beard of.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
1.
To clip, to mow