Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Synonym of raspberry (“a sound intended to resemble flatulence made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, used humorously or to express disdain or scorn”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: razz, razzberry, raspberry
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: boo, hoot, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
History
Believed to originate from the making of the sound during sporting and other events in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York, USA.
