raspberry

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• 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.
• A cripple.

Adjective

• Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
• Of a dark pinkish red.

Verb

• To gather or forage for raspberries.
• To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.

Related

Similar words

• hindberry, raspis

Origin

• From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp, of Germanic origin.
• 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.