Barb

Barb or the BARBs or variation may refer to:

• Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
• Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves
• The Barbs, a band

• Barb, Ontario, Canada
• DeKalb, Illinois, USA; nicknamed Barb City

• Barb (feather), the branches issuing from the rachis of feathers
• Barb (fish), common name for a range of freshwater fish
• Barb horse, a breed from North Africa
• Barb (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
• Australian Kelpie or barb, a breed of dog
• The Barb (1863–1888), Australian Thoroughbred racehorse

• Barding or barb, a type of armor for horses
• A backward-facing point on a fish hook or similar implement, rendering extraction from the victim's flesh more difficult
• A type of pipe fitting called barb, used to connect hosing (the ridges face backward, making insertion easy and removal difficult)
• Barb, a shortened version of barbiturate, a drug that acts as a depressant for the central nervous system

• , two US Navy submarines
• for each station on a map of reported weather conditions
• Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, which compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom
• Berkeley Barb or The Barb, an underground newspaper of the late 1960s
• MindsEye

• Barb wire (disambiguation)
• Barbes (disambiguation)
• Barbe (disambiguation)
• Sainte-Barbe (disambiguation)
• Barbara (disambiguation)