raspberry

rasp·ber·ry

noun \ˈraz-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē\

Definition of RASPBERRY

1

a : any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries b : a perennial plant (genus Rubus) of the rose family that bears raspberries

2

[short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart] : a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration; broadly : an expression of disapproval or contempt

Examples of RASPBERRY

1. One of the children made a raspberry at him.
2. <there were raspberries from the audience when the hapless actress kept forgetting her lines>

Illustration of RASPBERRY

Origin of RASPBERRY

English dialect rasp raspberry + English berry

First Known Use: circa 1616

Related to RASPBERRY

Synonyms: bird [chiefly British], boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, jeer, catcall, razz, snort

Antonyms: cheer

Related Words: smirk, sneer, snicker, snigger; gibe (or jibe), put-down, taunt; whistle

Near Antonyms: applause, clapping

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Rhymes with RASPBERRY

baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry