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Skunk vs Raspberry - What's the difference?

skunk | raspberry |

As nouns the difference between skunk and raspberry

is that skunk is skunk (animal) while raspberry is the plant rubus idaeus or raspberry can be (pejorative|colloquial) a noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.

As an adjective raspberry is

containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.

As a verb raspberry is

to gather or forage for or raspberry can be (colloquial) to make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.

skunk

English

(wikipedia skunk)

Etymology 1

At first spelt squunck, from the (etyl) name for the animal, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
  • (slang) A despicable person.
  • (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
  • (cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.
  • Derived terms
    * drunk as a skunk * skunky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
  • I skunked him at cards.
    We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
  • (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
  • to go bad, to spoil
  • See also

    * Mephitidae * Mephitis * * * polecat

    Etymology 2

    , influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
  • * 2006 , Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds (page 192)
  • In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
  • * 2011 , Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged
  • Etymology 3

    From

    Noun

  • (slang) (marijuana).
  • Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa'' and ''Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
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    raspberry

    Etymology 1

    From earlier raspis berry'', possibly from ''raspise'' (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-(etyl) ''vinum raspeys , of uncertain origin.

    Noun

    (raspberries)
  • The plant Rubus idaeus .
  • Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus .
  • The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
  • A (colour) red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.
  • Derived terms
    * black raspberry * raspberry vinegar * Scotland raspberry
    Synonyms
    * (obsolete) hindberry

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
  • Of a dark pinkish red.
  • She wore a raspberry beret'' — lyrics of ''Raspberry Beret , by the musician

    Verb

  • To gather or forage for .
  • * 1903 , M. E. Waller, A Daughter of the Rich , Little, Brown, and Company (1903), page 137:
  • * 1917 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams , Chapter 37:
  • "Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne. "They won't be back before supper time—if then."
  • * 1944 , Cornelius Weygandt, The Heart of New Hampshire: Things Held Dear by Folks of the Old Stocks , G. P. Putnam's Sons (1944), page 129:
  • Mrs. Thrifty was picking pie cherries, two boys were raspberrying , and the fourth son, as I recall it, blueberrying.
  • * 1976 , Emily Ward, The Way Things Were: An Autobiography of Emily Ward , Newport Press (1976), page 4:
  • My mother told my sister Sally and me that if we were good little girls we might go raspberrying up on the mountains when the raspberries were ripe.
  • * 1988 , Charles McCarry, The Bride of the Wilderness , MysteriousPress.com (2011), ISBN 9781453232521, unnumbered page:
  • In strawberry time she had seen individual bears grazing in the meadows along the bluff, and later, while raspberrying , she heard one gobbling fruit and snorting on the other side of the bush.

    See also

    * * boysenberry * loganberry * salmonberry * tayberry * thimbleberry * whitebark raspberry

    Etymology 2

    Cockney rhyming slang raspberry tart'', for ''fart . However raspberry is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it.

    Noun

    (raspberries)
  • (pejorative, colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.
  • Synonyms
    * (noise) Bronx cheer (US), razz
    Derived terms
    * to blow a raspberry

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.
  • Cockney rhyming slang