noun🔗ShareA fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant."We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year."fruitplantfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry."My grandmother's garden has a bush of gooseberries, which she uses to make delicious jam. "fruitplantfoodbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:"My neighbor calls the small, tart fruit on her bush a "gooseberry," but it's actually a jostaberry, another unrelated plant with similarly textured berries. "fruitplantChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(British slang) A chaperone."The gooseberry at the school dance made sure everyone behaved themselves. "languagewordpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation."Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry."personsituationfamilyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(British slang) A fool.""Don't be such a gooseberry; you'll never get anything done if you keep making silly mistakes like that." "personcharacterlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax."He told us a real gooseberry about finding a million dollars in the park; nobody believed him. "storylanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle."He took a sharp intake of breath and clutched at his trousers, muttering about having kicked himself in the gooseberries. "bodysexanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
