Definitions
1.nounA fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant."We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year."
2.nounAny other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.
3.nounAny of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
4.noun(British slang) A chaperone.
5.nounAn additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation."Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry."
6.noun(British slang) A fool.
7.noun(British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
8.noun(British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.