bar·bie (bär?b?) n. pl. bar·bies Chiefly Australian Informal A barbecue grill or pit. [barb(ecue) + -ie.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.barbie (?b??b?) or barbyninformal chiefly Austral short for barbecueCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014