barbie — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

blond, evil, fake, fixed, great, loved, recycled

She had that fake barbie look with the perfect blonde hair and plastic smile.

VERB + BARBIE

bought, having, like, playing

My daughter was playing with her Barbie dolls when I got home from work.

BARBIE + NOUN

doll, dolls, hair

My daughter played with her Barbie doll for hours every afternoon after school.

PREP.

in, with, with, without

We're having a barbie in the backyard this Saturday afternoon with our neighbors.

Definitions

noun

1

A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).

2

A barbecue (event: cookout).

noun

1

A 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.

name

1

A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

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Example Bank

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01

“At nights,” she says, “we were both in our own little worlds, him with his alcohol and me with my barbies.”

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02

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 s

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03

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.”

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04

Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.

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05

Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest[…].

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06

We're having a barbie.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, barbie is marked as informal, derogatory, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.