b 3 a 1 r 1 b 3 s 1
5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
noun the pointed part of barbed wire
noun a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
originClipping of Barbara + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0