blackberry

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

2. 2

   The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

3. 3

   Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish

   Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.

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   1. 4

      The blackcurrant.

   2. 5

      To gather or forage for blackberries.

      • She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun
      • My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow.
      • Thereafter we blackberried unceasingly and returned with a large basketful, together with some maggoty windfall apples found neglected in the wet grass on the edge of an orchard and Mrs Clare duly stewed these for us.
   3. 6

      A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and…

      A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.

      • Knowing that DA, Inc. was using BlackBerrys, the CEO of the competition hired an underground hacker to come up with a way to thwart the competition.
      • A few days ago, I took a walk with my wife and did not take my BlackBerry! That's progress. Of course, I reached into my empty pockets six or seven times, so clearly I have a long way to go.
      • Posers using BlackBerrys on the button lift can be pretty irritating, but I bet it gives a lot of pleasure whenever an unfortunate captain of industry drops his vital little device in the snow.
   4. 7

      To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.

      • "I BlackBerried a sort of risque joke message to this friend of mine — it was totally a joke — but, um, I accidentally sent it to two hundred strangers. […]
      • We've interviewed female entrepreneurs who say they were BlackBerrying up into the final stages of labor; […]
      • But Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin told me she was well known for BlackBerrying during face-to-face meetings.

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