raspberry

Etymology 1

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.

noun

1. The plant Rubus idaeus.
2. Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus.
3. The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
4. A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.
   raspberry:

adj

1. Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
2. (color) Of a dark pinkish red.
   She wore a raspberry beret / The kind you find in a second hand store 1985, Prince (lyrics and music), “Raspberry Beret”, in Around the World in a Day, performed by Prince and the Revolution

verb

1. To gather or forage for raspberries.
   […] she stuck burrs in my bed and lead me through the nettle-patch when we were raspberrying, because she knew I did n't know nettles; […] 1903, M. E. Waller, A Daughter of the Rich, Little, Brown, and Company, published 1903, page 137
   "Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne. "They won't be back before supper time—if then." 1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 37, in Anne's House of Dreams
   […] Mrs. Thrifty was picking pie cherries, two boys were raspberrying, and the fourth son, as I recall it, blueberrying. 1944, Cornelius Weygandt, The Heart of New Hampshire: Things Held Dear by Folks of the Old Stocks, G. P. Putnam's Sons, published 1944, page 129
   My mother told my sister Sally and me that if we were good little girls we might go raspberrying up on the mountains when the raspberries were ripe. 1976, Emily Ward, The Way Things Were: An Autobiography of Emily Ward, Newport Press (1976), page 4
   In strawberry time she had seen individual bears grazing in the meadows along the bluff, and later, while raspberrying, she heard one gobbling fruit and snorting on the other side of the bush. 1988, Charles McCarry, The Bride of the Wilderness, MysteriousPress.com, published 2011

Etymology 2

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.

noun

1. (colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, 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.
   Of the announcement, Osborne said: "They have spent a hundred billion pounds of public money and they've got a massive raspberry from everyone as far as I can see. As a PR exercise, it's been an object lesson in how not to make a government announcement." December 1 2021, “Network News: Integrated Rail Plan: Osborne predicts HS2 eastern leg will return”, in RAIL, number 945, page 8
2. (derogatory, colloquial) A physically disabled person.

verb

1. (colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.