RASPBERRY

boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird

(noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

raspberry

(noun) red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries

raspberry, raspberry bush

(noun) woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

raspberry (plural raspberries)

The plant Rubus idaeus.

Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus.

The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.

A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) hindberry, raspis

Meronyms

• (aggregate fruit): drupelet

Adjective

raspberry (not comparable)

Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.

Of a dark pinkish red.

Verb

raspberry (third-person singular simple present raspberries, present participle raspberrying, simple past and past participle raspberried)

To gather or forage for raspberries.

Etymology 2

Cockney rhyming slang, respectively from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it), and raspberry ripple = cripple.

Noun

raspberry (plural raspberries)

(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.

Synonyms: Bronx cheer (US), razz

(pejorative, colloquial) A cripple.

Verb

raspberry (third-person singular simple present raspberries, present participle raspberrying, simple past and past participle raspberried)

(colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.

Source: Wiktionary


Rasp"ber*ry, n, Etym: [From E. rasp, in allusion to the apparent roughness of the fruit.] (Bot.) (a) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idæus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red and the white raspberry. (b) The shrub bearing this fruit.

Note: Technically, raspberries are those brambles in which the fruit separates readily from the core or receptacle, in this differing from the blackberries, in which the fruit is firmly attached to the receptacle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AMISS

(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; “if you think him guilty you judge amiss”; “he spoke amiss”; “no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”


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