■ noun ( plural raspberries )
1》 an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish-pink drupels.
2》 the prickly shrub which yields raspberries. [ Rubus idaeus .]
3》 informal a sound made with the tongue and lips, expressing derision or contempt. [from ~ tart , rhyming sl. for 'fart'.]
Origin
C17: from dialect rasp , abbrev. of obs. raspis '~', of unknown origin, + berry .