: 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
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[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
One of the children made a raspberry at him.
there were raspberries from the audience when the hapless actress kept forgetting her lines
Recent Examples on the WebPut the remaining icing in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe two rows of white stripes below the raspberries.—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2024 The festive nature comes from its flag design made with piped frosting, blueberries and raspberries.—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024 The scent also blends so many of the season’s prominent notes, expertly blending fruity notes of blackcurrant, mimosa (with facets of raspberry and blackberry), and jasmine (strawberry, apricot and peach accents), before mellowing out with a fruity musky accord.—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024 Dessert was a pair of sorbets, raspberry and lemon, that tasted like July itself.—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for raspberry
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