a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult

a fleshy filament at the mouth of some fish, such as barbel and catfish

a freshwater fish with barbels around the mouth, popular in aquaria

a small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa

cut or style (a person's hair)

he has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of

my grandson got his hair barbed today