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    Barbie
    a brand of doll representing a slim, shapely young woman, especially one with blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin.
  • barbie
    barbie
    noun
    short for barbecue

Barbie

American  
[bahr-bee] / ˈbɑr bi /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of doll representing a slim, shapely young woman, especially one with blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin.


noun

  1. Also called Barbie doll.  a person, especially a young woman, perceived as blandly attractive and vacuous.

barbie British  
/ ˈbɑːbɪ /

noun

  1. informal short for barbecue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The maker of Hot Wheels, American Girl and Uno has recently confronted a challenging market for toys, beset by tariffs on goods produced overseas and weaker-than-expected demand for Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price preschool products.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Rarely has one person so dominated the fashion stakes, with a specially made silvery Jacquemus bustier dress on opening night, followed by an enormous hot pink Barbie ballgown by edgy French-Canadian fashion label Matieres Fecales.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The Barbie actor tells the BBC she first heard about the project years ago, when it was just a script "and everyone was telling me I'd be obsessed with it, and they were right".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In the minds of some retrograde dweebs, representing these baddies with a woman who could play Barbie was sacrilege.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

He fell to his knees and ripped off the lids and pulled out Diamond Princess Barbie.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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