barbie
nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //bɑː(ɹ)bi//
A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
noun
- 1
informalA barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
- 2
informalA barbecue (event: cookout).
Etymology
Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).
noun
- 1
informalA barbiturate.
“At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with my barbies.”
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.
Etymology
Clipping of barbiturate + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Forms
- plural
- barbies
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barbie · A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
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