huckleberry

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color, of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
2. A shrub growing this fruit.
3. A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
4. (slang) A person of little consequence.
5. (US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.

Verb

To pick huckleberries.

Sinonieme

bilberry

blueberry

whortleberry

cranberry

rabbit-eye blueberry

rabbiteye blueberry

mountain cranberry

swamp blueberry

proanthocyanidin

high-bush blueberry

tall bilberry

whinberry

thinleaf huckleberry

square-twig blueberry

big huckleberry

tall huckleberry

mountain huckleberry

blaeberry

cowberry

rabbiteye

Vertalings

airelle

Heidelbeere

mirtilo

myrtille

mirtillo

mirtil

bosbes

Schwarzbeere

العنب

Blaubeere

arándano

bluet

καρπός φυτού γένους gaylussacia

amerikanische Heidelbeere

βακκίνιον

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhʌkl̩ˌbɛɹi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Middle English: hurtilbery

In summary

Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s.