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Cherry

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing or having the taste of cherries.
  2. 2
    Of a bright red color; cherry red.
  3. 3
    In excellent condition; mint condition. informal, often

    "A few years earlier, I’d restored my ’65 Mustang convertible to cherry condition—fire engine red, with matching tuck-and-roll—and I wasn’t surprised that it drew attention."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

    "'As you knows Mrs Chuzzlewit, you knows, p’raps, what her chris’en name is?' Mrs Gamp observed. 'Charity,' said Bailey. 'That it ain’t!' cried Mrs Gamp. 'Cherry, then,' said Bailey. 'Cherry's short for it. It’s all the same.'"

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; Two townships in Pennsylvania, in Butler County and Sullivan County.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  2. 2
    someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  3. 3
    a red the color of ripe cherries wordnet
  4. 4
    Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
  5. 5
    a red fruit with a single hard stone wordnet
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  1. 6
    The wood of a cherry tree.
  2. 7
    any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood wordnet
  3. 8
    Cherry red.
  4. 9
    wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry wordnet
  5. 10
    The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
  6. 11
    Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen. slang

    ""Well, Dangerfield, in less than an hour I'm off in search of my fortune. Jesus, I'm excited, like I was going to lose my cherry. Woke up this morning with an erection that almost touched the ceiling.""

  7. 12
    A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.

    "Non-isomorphism is detected whenever the algorithm finds a cherry v#95;1#92;inT#95;1"

  8. 13
    A red cricket ball. slang

    "The Indians have to get early wickets on the morrow and they will have the option of taking the new cherry."

  9. 14
    A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball. slang
  10. 15
    A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.

    ""What do you think?" he asked as he wove through traffic, matching Sanford's speed but without the benefit of a flashing cherry on the roof of his car."

  11. 16
    The burning tip of a cigarette.

    "I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette."

Verb
  1. 1
    To redden; to infuse a cherrylike color to something. dated, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To cheer, to delight. dated, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). Doublet of cerise, Giresun, and kirsch.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). Doublet of cerise, Giresun, and kirsch.

Etymology 3

From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). Doublet of cerise, Giresun, and kirsch.

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