trade barbs

Although the pair traded barbs they also fell in love, though Lorie knew she was second choice.

The sides traded barbs in newspapers before this season began.

Not on the best of terms, they seemed to regularly trade polite barbs and insults.

He can still trade barbs, to a point, but this subject makes Ranald uneasy.

Late yesterday the two campaigns traded barbs over the new advertisements.

In recent months, for example, both companies have publicly traded barbs over just how easy it is to crash the other's software.

So far they have preferred to trade barbs, each with an eye to reminding the other of its ability to make life unpleasant.

It was a new experience to have two lovely females trading barbs over his possession.

And she had not exactly been slow of tongue when they'd traded barbs over dinner.

The two places have traded occasional letters and barbs since at least the 1970s.