# raspberry

Pronunciation: US say "RAZ-bair-ee" /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/; UK say "RAHZ-buh-ree" /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/

## Noun

1. The juicy fruit of the raspberry plant, formed from many small drupelets clustered together into a single soft berry.
   - Simple: A soft, sweet red fruit made of many tiny juicy bumps joined together.
   - _Each raspberry pulled away cleanly from the cane, leaving a small hollow inside._
   - _The market stall sold raspberries by the basket all through the summer._
3. Any of several thorny, cane-forming shrubs of the genus Rubus in the rose family, especially the common red raspberry, Rubus idaeus, grown for their edible berries.
   - Simple: A prickly bush that raspberries grow on, or a similar wild bush of the same plant family.
   - _The gardener pruned each raspberry back hard once the harvest was over._
   - _A single raspberry can spread into a dense thicket within a few seasons._
4. A sound imitating a fart, made by blowing air out with the tongue between the lips, used humorously or to show mockery. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A rude sound like a fart, made by sticking out your tongue and blowing air through your lips.
   - _When the referee made the bad call, the whole crowd gave him a loud raspberry._
   - _The crowd let out a chorus of raspberries when the magician's trick flopped._
6. A reddish color matching the hue of a ripe raspberry.
   - Simple: A deep pink-red color, the color of a ripe raspberry.
   - _The designer trimmed the gown in a bold raspberry._
   - _Raspberry runs through the whole fabric range, from pale tints to deep shades._

## Adjective

2. Containing raspberries or having their distinctive flavor.
   - Simple: Tasting of raspberries, or made with them.
   - _The chef paired a raspberry coulis with the dark chocolate tart._
   - _This yogurt is tart and clearly raspberry, with no artificial aftertaste._
5. Of a dark pinkish-red color, matching that of a ripe raspberry.
   - Simple: Having a deep pink-red color, like a ripe raspberry.
   - _He chose a raspberry tie to brighten his gray suit._
   - _The old farmhouse had a raspberry front door that every neighbor remembered._

## Verb

7. To make a sound imitating a fart by forcing air through the lips, usually for fun or to show derision. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To make a rude sound like a fart by blowing air through your lips.
   - _The children raspberry at one another whenever the teacher turns to the board._
   - _He raspberried at the screen when his team missed the easy goal._
8. To collect or forage for wild or cultivated raspberries.
   - Simple: To go out and pick raspberries from bushes.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A derogatory slang word for a physically disabled person.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3, 5–6, 8** — The older form was 'raspis berry'. This may come from 'raspise', a rose-colored sweet wine, which came from Anglo-Latin 'vinum raspeys', whose origin is uncertain. A link to 'rasp' ('coarse, rough'), a word of Germanic origin, is also possible.
**Meanings 4, 7** — From Cockney rhyming slang, from 'raspberry tart' = 'fart', though 'raspberry' now refers to a noise that imitates it rather than the thing itself. Compare 'raspberry ripple' = 'cripple'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/raspberry (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).