Hyphenation of barb

Are you trying to hyphenate barb? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

barb

Definitions of barb:

1.	An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect His parting shot was `drop dead' She threw shafts of sarcasm She takes a dig at me every chance she gets
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
5.	Provide with barbs Barbed wire

Synonyms of barb:

noun	shot, shaft, slam, dig, jibe, gibe, remark, comment
noun	point
noun	point
noun	fibril, filament, strand
verb	change, alter, modify
verb	change, alter, modify

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