raspberry (noun)

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• raspberry — noun … OF RASPBERRIES ▪ pint (AmE), punnet (BrE) ▪ I bought a punnet/pint of fresh raspberries. RASPBERRY + NOUN ▪ cane ▪ rows of raspberry canes …   Collocations dictionary

• raspberry — ► NOUN 1) an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish pink drupels. 2) informal a sound made with the tongue and lips, expressing derision or contempt. [ORIGIN: from raspberry tart, rhyming slang for… …   English terms dictionary

• 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 • Syn: ↑raspberry • Hypernyms: ↑bramble bush • Hyponyms: ↑red raspberry, ↑black …   Useful english dictionary

• raspberry sawfly — noun : a small black sawfly (Monophadnoides geniculatus) with reddish abdomen the spiny greenish larva of which eats the leaves of the raspberry and blackberry * * * a black sawfly, Monophadnoides geniculatus, the larvae of which feed on the… …   Useful english dictionary

• raspberry — noun (C) 1 a soft sweet red berry, or the bush that this berry grows on: raspberry jam 2 informal a rude sound made by putting your tongue out and blowing: blow a raspberry BrE /give a raspberry AmE (=to make this sound) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• raspberry — noun Etymology: English dialect rasp raspberry + English berry Date: circa 1616 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• raspberry ripple — noun a) A variety of vanilla ice cream containing streaks of raspberry flavoured syrup. 1981 Barry Maybury, Creative writing for juniors b) A nipple. :I shall have tons of cream in silver buckets and raspberry ripples …   Wiktionary

• raspberry — noun (plural raspberries) 1》 an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish pink drupels. 2》 the prickly shrub which yields raspberries. [Rubus idaeus.] 3》 informal a sound made with the tongue and lips,… …   English new terms dictionary

• raspberry ripples — noun Nipples (of a woman) Cue stiff nipples and a flurry of camera bulbs to broadcast her raspberry ripples to the world.Dozens of stars been caught looking like theyre smuggling peanuts like this …   Wiktionary

• raspberry — Noun. A flatulent imitative sound made with the lips and tongue, either expressing derision or used humourously for its rude associated qualities. From the rhyming slang raspberry tart meaning  fart . Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

• raspberry bug — noun : a very small nearly black negro bug (Corimelaena pulicaria) that infests the raspberry, strawberry, and blackberry giving them a very disagreeable flavor …   Useful english dictionary