raspberry
n. countablen. a small, soft red fruit that grows on a bush and has many tiny seeds. You can also make a rude sound with your tongue and lips that is called by this name.
n. an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish pink drupelets. In informal contexts, refers to a derisive sound made by vibrating the tongue between the lips.
I like to put fresh raspberries on my yogurt every morning.
The crowd blew a loud raspberry when the referee made a clearly unfair decision against the home team.
While the wild raspberry is prized for its intense flavor, commercial varieties are bred for larger fruit size and the ability to withstand long-distance shipping without bruising.
From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin.
Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple.
Countable when referring to the individual fruit or the sound; often used as a modifier in 'raspberry jam' or 'raspberry bush'.