• IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ)bi/

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• Rhymes:-ɑːbi

Clipping ofbarbecue +-ie(diminutive suffix).

barbie (pluralbarbies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Abarbecue(apparatus for grilling).
2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Abarbecue(event: cookout).

Clipping ofbarbiturate +-ie(diminutive suffix).

barbie (pluralbarbies)

1. (informal, pharmacology) Abarbiturate.
   • 1971,The Bulletin, volume93, numbers4762–4774, page35:

     “At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with mybarbies.”

   • 1989,The Pembroke Magazine, volumes21–23, page162:

     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.

• Rabbie

barbie f (pluralbarbies)

1. Barbie

• “barbie”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

FromEnglishBarbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter ofMattel co-founderElliot Handler, in 1959.

barbie

1. aBarbie doll

   Synonym:barbiedocka

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