"huckleberry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhʌkl̩ˌbɛɹi/ [General-American], /ˈhʌkl̩b(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-huckleberry.ogg Forms: huckleberries [plural]
Etymology: Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s. Etymology templates: {{cog|enm|hurtilbery||whortleberry}} Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} huckleberry (plural huckleberries)
  1. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color, of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. Categories (lifeform): Blueberry tribe plants
    Sense id: en-huckleberry-en-noun-IMKwZdXb Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 35 13 5 5 32 11
  2. A shrub growing this fruit. Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Blueberry tribe plants
    Sense id: en-huckleberry-en-noun-88DOzjsF Disambiguation of People: 10 39 6 0 21 24 Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 35 13 5 5 32 11
  3. A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon. Translations (small amount): hiven (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-huckleberry-en-noun-7n46hPTm Disambiguation of 'small amount': 8 3 82 3 5
  4. (slang) A person of little consequence. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-huckleberry-en-noun-en:little_consequence
  5. (US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job. Tags: US, slang Categories (lifeform): Berries, Blueberry tribe plants Translations (fruit — see also buckberry): aapaawapsspi (Blackfoot), nadó [masculine] (Catalan), mirtil americà [masculine] (Catalan), valemustikka (english: Gaylussacia) (Finnish), puolukka (Finnish), pensasmustikka (english: Vaccinium) (Finnish), myrtille américaine [feminine] (French), Heidelbeere [feminine] (German), mirtillo americano [masculine] (Italian), myrtillus americanus [masculine] (Latin), huapēre (Maori), mirtilo americano [masculine] (Portuguese), arádano americano [masculine] (Spanish), min (Unami)
    Sense id: en-huckleberry-en-noun-1Wx72Jny Disambiguation of Berries: 21 15 5 3 42 14 Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 35 13 5 5 32 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Blackfoot translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Unami translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 9 3 41 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 6 8 5 43 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 3 6 3 43 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 3 4 2 50 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Blackfoot translations: 12 6 9 2 55 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 8 12 3 50 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 12 10 12 3 48 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 8 13 3 49 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 6 10 5 45 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 5 10 5 49 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 5 9 4 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 13 5 9 4 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 8 12 3 50 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 6 10 16 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 4 7 4 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Unami translations: 12 7 12 3 51 14 Disambiguation of 'fruit — see also buckberry': 30 15 9 1 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (shrub — see also buckberry): ᎫᏩᏯ (guwaya) (Cherokee), valemustikka (english: Gaylussacia) (Finnish), puolukka (Finnish), pensasmustikka (english: Vaccinium) (Finnish)
Derived forms: above one's huckleberry, bear huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia ursina), black huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium membranaceum), blue huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia frondosa), box huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia brachycera), bush huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia dumosa), California huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium ovatum), dwarf huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia dumosa), evergreen huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium ovatum), fool's huckleberry (alt: Menziesia ferruginea), garden huckleberry (taxonomic: Solanum nigrum), hairy-twig huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia tomentosa), he-huckleberry (taxonomic: Cyrilla racemiflora), highbush huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium stamineum), huckleberry above a persimmon, huckleberry above one's persimmon, huckleberry oak (taxonomic: Quercus vaccinifolia), I'm your huckleberry, red huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium parvifolium), squaw huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium caesium), tree huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium arboreum), winter huckleberry (taxonomic: Vaccinium ovatum), woolly huckleberry (taxonomic: Gaylussacia mosieri) Disambiguation of 'shrub — see also buckberry': 14 38 14 2 31

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhʌkl̩ˌbɛɹi/ [General-American], /ˈhʌkl̩b(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-huckleberry.ogg Forms: huckleberries [present, singular, third-person], huckleberrying [participle, present], huckleberried [participle, past], huckleberried [past]
Etymology: Probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”). American English from 1660s. Etymology templates: {{cog|enm|hurtilbery||whortleberry}} Middle English hurtilbery (“whortleberry”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} huckleberry (third-person singular simple present huckleberries, present participle huckleberrying, simple past and past participle huckleberried)
  1. (intransitive) To pick huckleberries. Tags: intransitive Categories (lifeform): Blueberry tribe plants Related terms: huckle
    Sense id: en-huckleberry-en-verb--cJyJnrT Disambiguation of Blueberry tribe plants: 35 13 5 5 32 11

Inflected forms

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      "word": "dwarf huckleberry"
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      "taxonomic": "Vaccinium ovatum",
      "word": "evergreen huckleberry"
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      "word": "huckleberry oak"
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      "word": "I'm your huckleberry"
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      "word": "red huckleberry"
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      "taxonomic": "Vaccinium caesium",
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      "taxonomic": "Vaccinium arboreum",
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      "taxonomic": "Vaccinium ovatum",
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      "word": "huapēre"
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