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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 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

Gross billings for Hot Wheels rose 17%, while Barbie fell 16%; Mattel backed its sales outlook for this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The singer also heaped praise on Billie Eilish whose single What Was I Made For?, from the soundtrack of the 2023 Barbie film, is one of the tracks covered by Weller.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

He looked at Noor’s worried expression and dropped the subject of beating up Barbie.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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