noun

1. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.

2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.

3. A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.

Synonyms: haircutter, hairdresser, hairstylist

verb

1. To cut the hair or beard of (a person).

2. To chatter, talk.