1.an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;
his parting shot was `drop dead'
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
1.provide with barbs;
barbed wire
2.provide with barbs;
barbed wire