barbie
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun[edit]
barbie (plural barbies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A barbecue (event: cookout).
Coordinate terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Noun[edit]
barbie
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
barbie f (plural barbies)
Further reading[edit]
- “barbie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Barbie. Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Noun[edit]
barbie
- a Barbie doll
- Synonym: barbiedocka
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