noun
- small round green or red berries that grow on thorny bushes, used in cooking and baking
- an unwanted third person accompanying a couple
Usage: British; informal
Examples
- She picked fresh gooseberries from the garden to make jam.
- The gooseberries were still too tart to eat raw.
- Gooseberry pie is a traditional British dessert.
- The recipe calls for two cups of gooseberries.
- I felt like a gooseberry when my friends brought their dates to dinner.
- He didn’t want to play gooseberry on their romantic evening.