■ noun
1》 a green, purple, or black berry growing in clusters on a vine, eaten as fruit and used in making wine.
↘( the ~ ) informal wine.
2》 ~shot.
Derivatives
~y (also grapy ) adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., 'bunch of ~s', prob. from ~r 'gather ~s', from grap 'hook' (used in harvesting ~s), of Gmc origin.