Crossword clues for barbie
barbie
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1959, trademark name (reg. U.S.). Supposedly named after the daughter of its creator, U.S. businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002); see Barbara.
Wiktionary
n. (context Australia New Zealand UK informal English) Short form of barbecue.
Wikipedia
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle.
Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company’s largest and most profitable line. However sales have declined sharply since 2014. The doll transformed the toy business in affluent communities worldwide by becoming a vehicle for the sale of related merchandise (accessories, clothes, friends of Barbie, etc.). She had a significant impact on social values by conveying characteristics of female independence and, with her multitude of accessories, an idealized upscale life-style that can be shared with affluent friends.
Barbie is a fashion doll launched in 1959.
Barbie or Barbi may also refer to:
Barbie is a multi-platform video game developed by Imagineering for Hi Tech Expressions. It is based on Mattel Inc.'s doll of the same name, and it was created in an attempt to get more girls to play video games. As such, it is one of the few explicitly girl-oriented NES games. The game takes place in a dream where Barbie must travel through three different worlds (Mall, Underwater and Soda Shop) to gather accessories before attending a ball to meet Ken. Despite it having been of little interest to typical gamers at the time of its release, some critics have praised it as "not bad" for a generic platformer. Others have advanced the view that its genre is not appropriate for its content.
There have been several American computer animated and motion capture-based direct-to-video films based on and featuring the doll Barbie. Since her film debut appearance in 1987's Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World, Barbie has been a computer-animated virtual actress starring in several feature films and short films (including a 1998 video game, Barbie: Riding Club, that contains a short film). After a fourteen-year absence, Mattel commissioned films to feature Barbie as a heroine of several princess or fairy-themed stories to accompany a franchise of related dolls and accessories. Barbie also made appearances in My Scene, Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
Many of the Barbie movies are stand alone tales. There are several series within the overall collection. The most notable of these are the Barbie Princesses Collection series, Barbie Fairytopia series, mermaid-themed series, modern day-themed series, as well as musical and ballet series. Some films are based on the stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann, the Brothers Grimm, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen and Alexander Dumas. Some also include music from Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, and Adolphe Adam.
The series is produced by Mattel Entertainment. Since 2010 (beginning with Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale), Started by Universal Studios. Mattel refers themselves as "Barbie Entertainment" exclusively for the Barbie film production. The films can be seen occasionally on Nickelodeon, usually before the official DVD release as an advertising tool to encourage permanent ownership of the films on DVD or other digital video forms. Mattel purchases the time from Nickelodeon to air them, usually on Sunday afternoons.
Barbie is a Commodore 64 computer game from 1984 that allows players to participate in the life of the famous fashion doll of the same name.
Usage examples of "barbie".
Bach said, feeling annoyed that the barbie had put her on the defensive.
The barbie had given it to her when Bach asked for a picture of the murdered woman.
It gave tolerances in engineering terms, defining what a barbie could look like.
She swung the barbie around and hit her hard on the side of the neck with the edge of her palm, watched her fall while trying to look at all the other barbies at the same time.
Bach saw herself kneel and help the medical team load the wounded barbie into the capsule.
Atlas clinic, she felt she would pass for a barbie as long as she kept her clothes on.
The barbie unscrewed the top of it and used her middle finger to smear dabs of brown onto her breasts, making stylized nipples.
It was enough time for the barbie to dart quickly through the door, slamming it behind her.
She could say she was sick, and no one would know it was the same barbie who had been sick yesterday, and for a week or month before.
Likewise, while 23900 had said no barbie spent consecutive nights in the same room, there was no way for her to know that.
Anytown and found a barbie whose hands were stained with guilt, she would have to do the job herself.
Standing at the phone, Barbie covered the mouthpiece with her hand to offer the comment.
With the verbal report to help her, Gladys found it easier to make out what Barbie had written.
Something that had made Barbie offer to write the report about Jon, had made her put Ginny to bed without being told.
Gladys tried to remember whether Barbie ever had, really, mentioned his name.