Barbie

[ bahr-bee ]

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

/ ˈbɑːbɪ /

noun

1. See barbecue
   informal.
   short for barbecue

Example Sentences

There are two new Przewalski’s horses, a mother and son named Barbie and Cooper, who arrived in December, and a tiny, year-old Komodo dragon named Onyx, who also came in December.

From Washington Post

Starting with playing Barbie dolls at the late age of ten when I’d give them intricate plotlines that I was far too young to understand, my favorite thing in the world was to create a universe of characters.

From Time

We’re not trying to sell you the same Barbie you could buy at Amazon or Walmart.

From Digiday

Launched in 2018, Barbie dolls have been crafted after nine heroic risk-takers whose work inspired the next generation of game-changers.

From Essence.com

Two of the highest-profile women candidates for president — Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren — were also born in the 1940s, at least a decade before little girls started to play with Barbie dolls.

From Vox

Barbie is an unrealistic, unhealthy, insulting representation of female appearance.

From The Daily Beast

Women are frequently reminded, too, that Barbie would be dangerously underweight if she were a real human.

From The Daily Beast

Mattel recently announced a huge decline in Barbie sales, resulting in $11.2 million lost.

From The Daily Beast

Howell, too, writes that, “Regardless of her problems, Barbie is such a classic.”

From The Daily Beast

Wilson later landed in hot water with some by pushing for the creation of the first Barbie for President doll.

From The Daily Beast

It was partly policy and partly accident that brought Wilson back to Barbie.

From Project Gutenberg

During his first year in Barbie Mrs. Wilson was his sole helper.

From Project Gutenberg

Dem'd glad to get back to town again—Barbie's too quiet for my tastes.

From Project Gutenberg

But more eggs and butter could be had than were required in the neighbourhood of Barbie.

From Project Gutenberg

Was John Gourlay to turn tail for a wheen o' the Barbie dirt?

From Project Gutenberg