gooseberries

noun

1. 1

   A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

   “We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.”

2. 2

   Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.

3. 3

   Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

4. 4

   (British slang) A chaperone.

5. 5

   An 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.”

6. 6

   (British slang) A fool.

7. 7

   (British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.

8. 8

   (British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.