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raspberry
noun rasp·ber·ry \ˈraz-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē\
: a soft, red berry that is sweet and juicy
: a rude sound made by pushing your tongue outside your lips and blowing air out of your mouth
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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
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Origin of RASPBERRY
English dialect rasp raspberry + English berry
First Known Use: circa 1616
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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
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raspberry
noun rasp·ber·ry \ˈraz-ˌber-ē\
plural rasp·ber·ries
Definition of RASPBERRY for Kids
: a sweet juicy red, black, or purple berry of a prickly plant
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