raspberries

noun

plural of raspberry
as in snorts
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval there were raspberries from the audience when the hapless actress kept forgetting her lines

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  1. snorts
  2. snickers
  3. boos
Noun
  • The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of snorts
Noun
  • As executed, the 2019 show is an emotional yet refreshingly unsentimental black comedy that snickers in the face of empowerment buzzwords like, well, healing journey.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There were snickers from some of the other students, including a tall and lank-haired kid whose name Adele didn’t know.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of snickers
Noun
  • The Falcons entered Caesars Superdome to a chorus of boos from a crowd some 70,000 strong.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • If that unit doesn’t turn things around quickly, the boos from the crowd will only grow louder.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of boos
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“Raspberries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raspberries. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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