raspberry
/ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The plant Rubus idaeus.
noun
The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
adj
Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
verb
To gather or forage for raspberries.
noun
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.
Colloquial
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Pluck the easiest, tastiest, raspberriest raspberry around."
- "Apparently, yellow raspberries are no more difficult to grow than red or black, but are deemed a specialty item because only a handful of growers are producing them. […] I have heard, however, that they are sweeter and a little less raspberrier than the red ones, so maybe I might like them."
- "To get raspberries that taste “raspberrier,” and blueberries that taste “bluer” buy produce that’s locally grown, in season, and hasn’t been sitting on the shelf too long, or visit any of the “you-pick-it-yourself” farms for seasonal produce."
- "This was the third morning running she’d relished the warmth and sugary sweet air of the Dunregan Bakehouse. This first “thawing station” on her bicycle ride into work. It had nothing to do with the fact they also made the fluffiest scones she’d ever tasted. And with lashings of the fruitiest, raspberriest jam in the world."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/
- British English: /ˈɹɑːzb(ə)ɹi/