ALL meanings of barnacle
bar·na·cle
B b - countable noun barnacle Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats. 3
- noun barnacle any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc. They have feathery food-catching cirri protruding from a hard shell 3
- noun barnacle a person or thing that is difficult to get rid of 3
- noun barnacle barnacle goose 3
- noun barnacle any member of various orders of saltwater cirriped crustaceans that cement themselves to rocks, wharves, ship bottoms, etc. and to other animals, as whales, after a free-swimming larval stage 3
- noun barnacle a person or thing hard to get rid of 3
- noun barnacle A marine crustacean with an external shell, which attaches itself permanently to a variety of surfaces. Barnacles feed by filtering particles from the water using their modified feathery legs. 1
- noun barnacle Usually, barnacles. an instrument with two hinged branches for pinching the nose of an unruly horse. 1
- noun barnacle barnacles, British Dialect. spectacles (def 3). 1
- noun barnacle crustacean 1
- noun barnacle A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships. 0
- noun barnacle The barnacle goose. 0
- noun barnacle (Slang) (engineering) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design. 0
- noun barnacle (Slang) (computing) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard. 0
- noun barnacle (Obsolete (No longer in use)) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable. 0
- noun barnacle (archaic, Britain) A nickname for spectacles. 0
- noun barnacle (Slang) OBS A good job, or snack easily obtained. 0
- verb barnacle To connect with or attach. 0
- verb barnacle To press close against something. 0