Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various shrubby, usually prickly plants of the genus Rubus of the rose family that bear edible fruit, especially R. idaeus of eastern North America and Eurasia.
- noun The aggregate fruit of any of these plants, consisting of many small, fleshy, usually red drupelets.
- noun A moderate to dark or deep purplish red.
- noun Slang A derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Tasmania, a native species, Rubus Gunnianus, peculiar to the country.
- noun The fruit of several plants of the genus Rubus, consisting of many small juicy grains or drupes, which, unlike those of the blackberry, separate from the convex receptacle together when ripe, thus giving the fruit the shape of a thimble.
- noun The plant that produces this berry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The thimble-shaped fruit of the
Rubus Idæus and other similar brambles. - noun The shrub bearing this fruit.
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- noun pejorative, 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. - verb colloquial To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.
- noun The plant Rubus idaeus.
- noun The juicy, dark red (when ripe) composite fruit of this plant.
- noun A dark
pinkish red , the colour of a ripe raspberry. - adjective Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
- adjective Of a dark pinkish red.
- verb To
gather orforage forraspberries .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term raspberry is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry".
Pravda.Ru 2010
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The term raspberry is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry".
Pravda.Ru 2010
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The term raspberry is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry".
Pravda.Ru 2010
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I contemplate buying a cattery (less bending than blueberries. though a raspberry is an awesome sounding alternative idea) on a regular basis, with a friend of mine who also has a stressful job and likes cats.
Money Doesn't Grow on Blueberry Bushes Candid Engineer 2008
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Definitely chocolate marble although anything with raspberry is a close second.
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Pan and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009
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I think pumpkin cheesecake would be my favorite for these pans but white chocolate raspberry is probably my all time favorite flavor.
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Pan and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009
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My recently-watched personal pick for a flaming raspberry is The Core.
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Ace of Spades Headlines has already used the ‘tar, feathers, and pitchforks’ joke, so let me go to my backup response: if the 111th Congress raises the average price of gas to seven bucks a gallon, the major result will be that the 2010 Election Night map will give the impression that the entire country was dipped in raspberry jam.
Harvard: Erm, that WH policy means tripling the price of gas. | RedState 2010
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White chocolate and raspberry is another flavour combination made in heaven.
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The flavoured yoghurts are available in raspberry, strawberry and a natural variety, and have been developed for consumers that are lactose intolerant, the company said today (27 November).
Arla Lactose-Free Yogurts Steve Carper 2008
trivet commented on the word raspberry
heaven!
July 12, 2007
rolig commented on the word raspberry
One of the few words in English that, phonologically, displays retrograde assimilation with regard to voicing, i.e. the voicedness of the b turns the s into a z. The only other word I can think of offhand is a proper noun: Pabst, where the voicelessness of the st affects the b.
December 7, 2007
oroboros commented on the word raspberry
See ethyl formate.
April 26, 2009
likeflannel commented on the word raspberry
the colour i just dyed my old shoes.
December 8, 2009