Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar.
Kryten, you are a total gooseberry. Next time I play on the AR machine I'm going to give you some money and send you to the pictures.
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Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus , distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including ().
Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.
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A fruit of species , related to the currant.
We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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