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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun
barbie (plural barbies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (event: cookout).
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun
barbie (plural barbies)
- (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
Spanish
Noun
barbie f (plural barbies)
- Barbie
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Noun
barbie
- a Barbie doll
- Synonym: barbiedocka