gooseberry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From goose + berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related to the gros- of French groseille and/or the kruis- of Dutch kruisbes but has been altered by folk etymology.
Compound parts: goose
berry
Inflected forms:
form: gooseberries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
pos: noun
examples: We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.
gloss: Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
pos: noun
gloss: A chaperone.
pos: noun
tags: British
dated
slang
gloss: An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.
"But," said Philippa dolefully, "if I go I'll have to be gooseberry, and that will be a new experience for Philippa Gordon."
Kryten, you are a total gooseberry. Next time I play on the AR machine I'm going to give you some money and send you to the pictures.
gloss: A fool.
pos: noun
tags: British
dated
slang
gloss: A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
pos: noun
tags: British
dated
slang
gloss: A testicle.
pos: noun
tags: British
dated
plural-normally
slang
vulgar
Derived words: Cape gooseberry
Chinese gooseberry
Coromandel gooseberry
do gooseberry
gooseberry dieback
gooseberry eye
gooseberry-eyed
gooseberry garnet
gooseberry gourd
gooseberry-grinder
gooseberrying
gooseberryish
gooseberry lay
gooseberrylike
gooseberry mildew
gooseberry-picker
gooseberry pudding
gooseberry rust
gooseberry season
gooseberry tart
gooseberry tree
gooseberry wig
green as a gooseberry
Missouri gooseberry
Old Gooseberry
pick gooseberry
play gooseberry
sea gooseberry
sea-gooseberry
spreading gooseberry
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: kôwakwimen
lang: Afrikaans
word: appelliefie
lang: Southern Altai
word: тожло
roman: tožlo
lang: Arabic
word: عِنَب الثَعْلَب
roman: ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab
lang: Armenian
word: փշահաղարջ
roman: pʻšahaġarǰ
lang: Assamese
word: আমলখি
roman: amlokhi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: motmotu
lang: Basque
word: arakatz
lang: Belarusian
word: агрэст
roman: ahrest
lang: Bulgarian
word: цариградско грозде
roman: carigradsko grozde
lang: Catalan
word: agrassó
lang: Catalan
word: grosella
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 醋栗
roman: cùlì
lang: Cornish
word: growsen
lang: Cree
word: ᓵᐳᒥᐣ
roman: saapomin
lang: Czech
word: angrešt
lang: Danish
word: stikkelsbær
lang: Dutch
word: kruisbes
lang: Dutch
word: klapbes
lang: Dutch
word: stekerbees
lang: Esperanto
word: groso
lang: Estonian
word: karusmari
lang: Estonian
word: tikker
lang: Faroese
word: stikkulsber
lang: Finnish
word: karviaismarja
lang: Finnish
word: karviainen
lang: French
word: groseille à maquereau
lang: Galician
word: grosella
lang: Georgian
word: ხურტკმელი
roman: xurṭḳmeli
lang: German
word: Stachelbeere
lang: Greek
word: φραγκοστάφυλο
roman: fragkostáfylo
lang: Hungarian
word: egres
lang: Hungarian
word: piszke
lang: Hungarian
word: köszméte
lang: Icelandic
word: stikilsber
lang: Icelandic
word: garðaber
lang: Ido
word: grozelo
lang: Irish
word: spíonán
lang: Italian
word: uva spina
lang: Japanese
word: グーズベリー
roman: gūzuberī
lang: Kazakh
word: қарлыған
roman: qarlyğan
lang: Kazakh
word: тұшала
roman: tūşala
lang: Korean
word: 까치밥 나무
roman: kkachibap namu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тикен жемиш
roman: tiken jemiş
lang: Latgalian
word: agrysta
lang: Latvian
word: ērkšķoga
lang: Latvian
word: krizdole
lang: Latvian
word: stiķene
lang: Lithuanian
word: agrastas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Déck Kréischel
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Gréng Kréischel
lang: Macedonian
word: огрозд
roman: ogrozd
lang: Malayalam
word: നെല്ലിക്ക
roman: nellikka
lang: Maltese
word: ċawsla
lang: Māori
word: kuihipere
lang: Māori
word: kūpere
lang: Marathi
word: आवळा
roman: āvḷā
lang: Eastern Mari
word: пуншоптыр
roman: punšoptyr
lang: Eastern Mari
word: ужаршоптыр
roman: užaršoptyr
lang: Eastern Mari
word: крыжовник
roman: kryžovńik
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: gawaqtejg
lang: Mohegan-Pequot
word: pasqatam
lang: Navajo
word: kʼíníjíłʼahí
lang: Nepali
word: अमला
roman: amlā
lang: Norman
word: grouaîsile
lang: Norwegian
word: stikkelsbær
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: stikkelsbær
lang: Ojibwe
word: zhaaboomin
lang: Ojibwe
word: zhaaboominagaawanzh
lang: Pawnee
word: hukiriikas
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Kjressbäa
lang: Polish
word: agrest
lang: Portuguese
word: groselha
lang: Romanian
word: agrișă
lang: Romansh
word: ivaspina
lang: Russian
word: крыжо́вник
roman: kryžóvnik
lang: Scots
word: groser
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ogroz
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ogrozd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kosmulja
lang: Slovak
word: egreš
lang: Slovene
word: kosmulja
lang: Spanish
word: uva espina
lang: Spanish
word: uva crespa
lang: Squamish
word: tʼem̓xw
lang: Swahili
word: tunda bukini
lang: Swedish
word: krusbär
lang: Swedish
word: stickelbär
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠄꠃꠟꠣ
roman: eula
lang: Tagalog
word: agraso
lang: Tajik
word: бектошӣ
roman: bektoši
lang: Tamil
word: நெல்லிக்காய்
roman: nellikkāy
lang: Telugu
word: ఉసిరి
roman: usiri
lang: Turkish
word: bektaşi üzümü
lang: Ukrainian
word: аґрус
roman: agrus
lang: Unami
word: shëwinkëlës
lang: Urdu
word: روئیں دار پھل
roman: roain dār phal
lang: Uzbek
word: krijovnik
lang: Welsh
word: eirinen Fair
lang: Welsh
word: gwsberen
lang: Yiddish
word: אַגרעס
roman: agres