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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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