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nounPlural Barbies, Plural barbies ˈbɑːbiˈbɑrbi Australian, NZ informal A barbecue. 〈非正式,主澳〉烧烤 Example sentencesExamples - Both days will feature a four person ambrose with a shotgun start from midday after a barbie at 11 am.
- What would happen if all my neighbours turned up for a barbie?
- He took to the Kiwi wine like a duck to water and by the time that Frenchman got to the barbie he was wielding a pair of tongs with gusto and flair.
- The nomination fee is $25, which includes a barbie, plus heaps of prizes to be won.
- Hundreds of things signal the rise of summer in Australia - the sound of mosquitoes being zapped on the back veranda, the smell of sausages sizzling on the barbie and the sight of blazing bushfires are a few.
- The barbecue is now such a part of our culture that, ‘fire up the barbie! ‘has almost become an Australian motto.’
- I went to a barbie the night she got in the sack with the other side.
- The Gillard came up with an interesting response at her barbie yesterday as follows.
- One must remember that the breakfast time of poets is generally around dinner time, thus it began at 6pm, and the odd sausage was seen sizzling on the barbie in the freezing courtyard.
- It might be along the lines of what a fellow in a tweed coat confided at a barbie some months ago.
- But the sausages never made it on to the barbie and the salads stayed in the Esky.
- If you haven't yet attended the barbie of the year you'd better be quick.
- The barbie has traditionally served as the symbol of Australian egalitarianism.
- Then off to the barbie stopping to grab some snags and a loaf of cheap bread.
- I'm reliably informed that they ate… that they threw a few shrimps on the barbie, if you like, some barbecued prawns, an Asian salad, and char grilled beef was had by all.
- Brian stomped back to the barbie and turned the steaks.
- But this Christmas it's not all about throwing a few prawns on the barbie.
- And toss in a barbie with kangaroo kebabs, plus healthy juices to drink.
- Pack the barbie or primus stove and enjoy the great outdoors.
- Update 10 am Saturday, change of plans, got a phone call last night, I am having some Friends and Family over for a barbie this evening, I will take my daytrip to Geelong on Sunday - Yeah!
Synonyms outdoor meal, al fresco meal, barbecue
Barbie2(also Barbie doll) nounPlural Barbies, Plural barbies ˈbɑːbiˈbɑrbi trademark 1A doll representing a conventionally attractive young woman. Example sentencesExamples - Toys ‘R’ Us is selling a toy building styled on a Barbie doll's house with four rooms including lifelike furniture.
- The Barbie doll of Ruth Handler's Mattel Toys marked another major change.
- You can tell it has, because in the photo of a young girl and her Barbie doll in Terrorism Survival Guide's article ‘What Do We Tell Our Kids?’
- A Barbie doll can be nothing but a Barbie doll, leaving no room for the imagination, while building blocks can become anything you like.
- On the plus side, I'd won a Barbie doll and the Barbie doll car to go with it.
- 1.1informal A young woman who is glossily attractive but apparently characterless or unintelligent.
he was arm in arm with a red-headed Barbie doll in a fur coat Example sentencesExamples - On the show, she's not called Candy, but Kiki, and is played by Loni Anderson, the ageing Barbie doll and former Mrs Burt Reynolds.
- Yet here I was, sitting with my idiotic best friend and some blonde Barbie doll.
- What's so bad about a woman whose appearance suggests she's not a Barbie doll, that she can get down and dirty when properly inspired?
- With the culture awash with Barbie doll ideals of beauty, adolescent girls take a hypercritical look at their developing bodies and judge themselves to be too short, too tall, too fat, too busty, too plain, etc.
- She simply never convinced me at all that she was her character; she looked like a Barbie doll stuck in the role.
- I thought you'd be able to look past Annie and her Barbie doll beauty and see what was right in front of you.
- How can you look at a Barbie doll caked under layers of makeup and then call her beautiful?
Origin1950s: diminutive of the given name Barbara. nounˈbärbēˈbɑrbi Australian, NZ informal A barbecue. 〈非正式,主澳〉烧烤 Example sentencesExamples - The barbecue is now such a part of our culture that, ‘fire up the barbie! ‘has almost become an Australian motto.’
- Update 10 am Saturday, change of plans, got a phone call last night, I am having some Friends and Family over for a barbie this evening, I will take my daytrip to Geelong on Sunday - Yeah!
- But this Christmas it's not all about throwing a few prawns on the barbie.
- He took to the Kiwi wine like a duck to water and by the time that Frenchman got to the barbie he was wielding a pair of tongs with gusto and flair.
- It might be along the lines of what a fellow in a tweed coat confided at a barbie some months ago.
- Brian stomped back to the barbie and turned the steaks.
- And toss in a barbie with kangaroo kebabs, plus healthy juices to drink.
- Pack the barbie or primus stove and enjoy the great outdoors.
- But the sausages never made it on to the barbie and the salads stayed in the Esky.
- What would happen if all my neighbours turned up for a barbie?
- One must remember that the breakfast time of poets is generally around dinner time, thus it began at 6pm, and the odd sausage was seen sizzling on the barbie in the freezing courtyard.
- Then off to the barbie stopping to grab some snags and a loaf of cheap bread.
- I'm reliably informed that they ate… that they threw a few shrimps on the barbie, if you like, some barbecued prawns, an Asian salad, and char grilled beef was had by all.
- The nomination fee is $25, which includes a barbie, plus heaps of prizes to be won.
- Both days will feature a four person ambrose with a shotgun start from midday after a barbie at 11 am.
- Hundreds of things signal the rise of summer in Australia - the sound of mosquitoes being zapped on the back veranda, the smell of sausages sizzling on the barbie and the sight of blazing bushfires are a few.
- The Gillard came up with an interesting response at her barbie yesterday as follows.
- I went to a barbie the night she got in the sack with the other side.
- If you haven't yet attended the barbie of the year you'd better be quick.
- The barbie has traditionally served as the symbol of Australian egalitarianism.
Synonyms outdoor meal, al fresco meal, barbecue
Barbie2(also Barbie doll) nounˈbärbēˈbɑrbi trademark 1A doll representing a conventionally attractive young woman. Example sentencesExamples - On the plus side, I'd won a Barbie doll and the Barbie doll car to go with it.
- A Barbie doll can be nothing but a Barbie doll, leaving no room for the imagination, while building blocks can become anything you like.
- Toys ‘R’ Us is selling a toy building styled on a Barbie doll's house with four rooms including lifelike furniture.
- You can tell it has, because in the photo of a young girl and her Barbie doll in Terrorism Survival Guide's article ‘What Do We Tell Our Kids?’
- The Barbie doll of Ruth Handler's Mattel Toys marked another major change.
- 1.1informal A woman who is attractive in a glossily artificial way and is typically considered to be unintelligent and characterless.
he was arm in arm with a red-headed Barbie doll in a fur coat Example sentencesExamples - Yet here I was, sitting with my idiotic best friend and some blonde Barbie doll.
- With the culture awash with Barbie doll ideals of beauty, adolescent girls take a hypercritical look at their developing bodies and judge themselves to be too short, too tall, too fat, too busty, too plain, etc.
- What's so bad about a woman whose appearance suggests she's not a Barbie doll, that she can get down and dirty when properly inspired?
- She simply never convinced me at all that she was her character; she looked like a Barbie doll stuck in the role.
- I thought you'd be able to look past Annie and her Barbie doll beauty and see what was right in front of you.
- How can you look at a Barbie doll caked under layers of makeup and then call her beautiful?
- On the show, she's not called Candy, but Kiki, and is played by Loni Anderson, the ageing Barbie doll and former Mrs Burt Reynolds.
Origin1950s: diminutive of the given name Barbara. |