Barbie
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈbɑːbi//
- United States//ˈbɑɹbi//
A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
proper noun
- 1
A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
Etymology
From Barbara + -ie.
noun
- 1
A tall, slender female fashion doll.
They discourage their young children from engaging in rough-and-tumble play. One mother said, “I like Hai-Mei quiet. I like her playing Barbies, writing, and singing.”
Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.
Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest[…].
Many of my feminist friends hate Barbie because they feel that she sends a terrible message to girls […]
- 2
informalA beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.
I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world / Life in plastic, it's fantastic / You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere / Imagination, life is your creation
After the ceremony, the "Barbies and Kens" (excluding Tommy and Britney) gathered at Lindsay's mansion to have a barbeque party. They laughed and talked about good times and vowed to remain friends forever.
Etymology
Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Forms
- plural
- Barbies
Barbie · A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
Barcelona · The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.Barclay · A surname.bare · Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.