raspberry
noun
- berry
- fart
- speech sound reminiscent of a fart
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/ / /ˈɹæzbɹi/ / /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/
adj
Etymology: From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin.
- Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
“It’s a gorgeous ice cream dream…a generous roll of vanilla shaped like a log…sprinkled with toasted pecan nuts…and filled with an egg-shaped center of the raspberriest raspberry ice cream ever!”
“Raspberry Flavor JELL-O® BRAND Gelatin now tastes even raspberrier.”
- Of a dark pinkish red.
“She wore a raspberry beret / The kind you find in a second hand store”
name
Etymology: Variant of Rasberry.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
- A community in West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
noun
Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple.
- A noise intended to imitate a fart, 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 (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.
“Of the announcement, Osborne said: "They have spent a hundred billion pounds of public money and they've got a massive raspberry from everyone as far as I can see. As a PR exercise, it's been an object lesson in how not to make a government announcement."”
- A physically disabled person.
verb
Etymology: Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple.
- To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.