barbie

See also: Barbie and bărbie

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑː(ɹ)bi/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːbi

Etymology 1

Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Noun

barbie (plural barbies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (event: cookout).
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Noun

barbie (plural barbies)

  1. (informal, pharmacology) A barbiturate.
    • 1971, The Bulletin, volume 93, numbers 4762–4774, page 35:
      “At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with my barbies.”
    • 1989, The Pembroke Magazine, volumes 21–23, page 162:
      Then one day the King said, / Jules, you're grounded. / Absolutely grounded. / This is it. So Jules took / barbies, you know, barbiturates, / and he stayed down. Way down. / Grounded like his father said.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.

Noun

barbie

  1. a Barbie doll
  2. (by extension) a doll

Spanish

Noun

barbie f (plural barbies)

  1. Barbie

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.

Noun

barbie

  1. a Barbie doll
    Synonym: barbiedocka
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