barb

barb

A shortening of "barbiturate," a drug class that consists of sedatives and hypnotics. Barbs are dangerous, man—I'd stay away from them.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

barb

n. a barbiturate; a barbiturate capsule. (Drugs.) Joey is so hooked on barbs!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cuz
  • M. and M.s
  • prostie
  • prosties
  • reg
  • cig
  • (one) is on the DL
  • clitty
  • lude
  • cid
References in periodicals archive
Leaflets for Barb Sorensen's other upcoming concerts and events
Dan Navarro donates 2 tickets for his Sat. Aug 24th show at Hey Nonny!
"I wish Jeff and Barb and the residents of Barrhead a prosperous future."
Barrhead is our kinda town
Later I found out from my uncle that they catch the insects and put them on the barbs for a meal on another day.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Their general specification and barb dimensions are given in Table 1.
ASSESSMENT OF VARIABILITY IN HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS IN LOCALLY MANUFACTURED DRIP IRRIGATION LATERALS
Fugiko Suginohara, Representative of the Board of Directors; Yukie Noguchi, Director; Masashi Onishi, Director; and Unuma Toshihide, Auditor, along with an interpreter, invested a day with Barb learning her Staging methods and how to interact with sellers.
Japan Home Stagers Meet with Home Staging Inventor
HINT: Abe and Barb must have sat either in seats 1 and 6, or in seats 3 and 4
Who sat where?
tax-paying citizens: "Whatever happened to all that barbed
To This Day
But Mr Jones said: "I'm not criticising Barb for their overall professionalism, but believe there may be a problem in Wales relating to the number of viewers claiming to be fluent in Welsh.
Media chief's accuracy fears over TV audience figures
You can take the girl out of Rochdale but you can't take Rochdale out of the girl!" Barb worked with comedians and performers on the alternative cabaret circuit, including Julian Clary, Alexei Sayle and Arnold Brown.
Philharmonic audiences are always my favourite
"We are very pleased to have a barbed check valve option for our customers," said Ken Davis, global product line manager.
Value plastics introduces new barbed check valves
Given the need for surgeon safety, this study evaluated the incidence of glove perforation, during total joint arthroplasty surgery, using a barbed suture compared to standard suture material.
Barbed sutures for arthroplasty closure: does it decrease the risk of glove perforation?
But Barb has also recorded alternative versions of compositions by artists as diverse as Nina Simone, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Webb, Leonard Cohen and Jacques Brel.
BEVAN'S HEAVEN
Barb was predeceased by her parents, brother, Walter Ryea; husband, Robert; son, Steven and grandson, Todd Miller.
Barbara M. (Ryea) Miller
With her trusty litter picker in her hand Barb, as she is known by her friends, can always be seen doing her bit for her community.
I'll keep cleaning up streets says Barb; Love Where You Live Advertising Feature
* Barb Swehla attended the Ohio Nurses Association Provider Update on April 14, 2010
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