berry n.1
1. used as synon. for cherry n.1 (1)
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Gleaner (Manchester, NH) 29 Apr. n.p.: [On] your visit to Wilmington the berries were fit for pulucking [sic] but the berry you wished to pick with Miss C., was not the berry for thee . |
2. (US) an easy opponent, anyone seen as ‘soft’.
| Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 2 Oct. 14/1: The New Yorks have been a berry for the tailenders this season. | |
| ‘College Words and Phrases’ in DN II:i 22: berry, n. Anything easy or ‘soft’. | |
| New Dict. Americanisms. |
3. (US) $1, usu. in pl.
| in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 17: I’m in again — I got another berry — I just put the bee on the stenog for an ace. | |
| [ | | Lima (OH) News 5 June 6/3: Coins are called [...] ‘joy berries’]. |
| Manhattan Transfer 367: ‘How much did they get?’ ‘Oh about fifty berries.’. | |
| Third Degree (1931) 164: The latter [...] came back fifteen minutes later with three hundred berries. | |
| Bellyhoo [comic strip] ‘It’ll cost you five bucks to screw me.’ ‘Five berries! Yer nertz,’ said the youth. | |
| Rebellion of Leo McGuire (1953) 106: It’s better to fence with a guy like Moe the Mouse and get three hundred berries. | |
| One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 21: Yoo-hoo, pritty baby, you wanna lil french? [...] Twenty berries an you alla roun the mothahfuggin worl’. |
4. (US) a ball.
| Two and Three 16 Jan. [synd. col.] Doesn’t make any difference if you [...] wear a purple derby, provided that you can smack the berry. | |
| Putting ’Em Over 24 Aug. [synd. col.] The boys are socking the Spalding berry right on the nose. |
5. (US drugs) a capsule of a powdered drug, e.g. heroin.
| Chicago Trib. 11 Oct. 14/3: A package of drug wrapped in paper is called a ‘deck,’ a ‘check,’ or a ‘bundle.’ If it is in a capsule it is called a ‘berry,’ a ‘bean,’ or a ‘cap’ [DA]. |
6. (US) a person.
 | 1919 146: Another berry horned in ahead of him. |
7. a £1 note.
| Gun Running 46: ‘See that? We ain't agreeable. Better be wise guys and give us fifty berries each’. |
8. (US Und.) an attractive woman.
| Und. Speaks 7/2: Berry, an attractive girl. |
9. (US black) a woman’s nipple.
| Juba to Jive. |
10. (US black) a police car [its red roof light].
| ‘It Was a Good Day’ 🎵 Didn’t even see a berry flashing those high beams / No helicopter looking for a murder. |
11. see berries n. (2)