noun Download 🔗Share A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant. Examples : "We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year." fruit food plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry. Examples : "My grandmother's garden had both currants and gooseberries, but I had to be careful picking the gooseberries because the bushes had prickly spines. " fruit plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Examples : "Even though they're called "gooseberries," Cape gooseberries are actually in the nightshade family, making them distant cousins of tomatoes rather than true gooseberries. " fruit plant food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (British slang) A chaperone. Examples : ""We couldn't hold hands at the dance because Aunt Mildred was playing gooseberries the whole time." " person entertainment culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation. Examples : "Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry." person family situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (British slang) A fool. Examples : ""Don't be such a gooseberries; you can't actually believe everything you read online." " person language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax. Examples : ""He told me he won the lottery twice, but I think that's just a load of gooseberries." " story language entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle. Examples : "He took a sharp intake of breath and clutched at his trousers, muttering about having kicked himself in the gooseberries. " body sex anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
