A dated American idiom meaning to impress or excite someone.
A dated American idiom meaning to impress or excite someone. 'Razz' here is used in an older positive sense of stimulating or thrilling, while 'berries' is early 20th century slang for something excellent (cf. 'the bee's knees', 'the cat's pajamas'). The phrase has a Prohibition-era jazz-age flavor and is virtually never used unironically in contemporary speech, but it captures a very specific mid-century enthusiasm.
The band played that number specifically to razz someone's berries, and judging by the applause it worked.
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An American spelling variant of 'raspberry' — the rude noise made by blowing air through pursed lips to mock or show contempt. Whether you spell it razzberry or raspberry, the sound is unmistakable: a long, wet, dismissive blurt that says 'I'm not impressed' without using a single word. It's the classic noise of schoolyard ridicule, sports heckling, and comedy sketches.
(US, informal) A raspberry .
(informal) To tease playfully; to heckle.
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A delightfully old-fashioned American idiom meaning to impress or excite someone — to really knock their socks off. It comes from early 20th century slang when 'berries' meant something excellent (as in 'the bee's knees' era of colorful expressions). If you razzed someone's berries, you genuinely wowed them. The phrase has faded from everyday speech but survives as a charming relic of Jazz Age enthusiasm.
The live band really razzed someone's berries at that speakeasy — the whole place was on its feet.
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(US, slang, idiom) To impress somebody.
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