"play gooseberry" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play gooseberry (third-person singular simple present plays gooseberry, present participle playing gooseberry, simple past and past participle played gooseberry)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “In the Park”, in Anne of the Island",
          "text": "\"Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_gooseberry-en-verb-gLJbRWpr",
      "links": [
        [
          "unwanted",
          "unwanted"
        ],
        [
          "third party",
          "third party"
        ],
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ],
        [
          "lover",
          "lover"
        ],
        [
          "chaperon",
          "chaperon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, UK slang) To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "third wheel"
        },
        {
          "word": "two's company, three's a crowd"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "do gooseberry"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "olla kolmas pyörä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "tenir la chandelle"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "den Anstandswauwau spielen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "note": "κρατώ το φανάρι (krató to fanári, literally “to hold the lamp”)",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "być piątym kołem u wozu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "segurar vela"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "tini l' tchandele"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play gooseberry"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play gooseberry (third-person singular simple present plays gooseberry, present participle playing gooseberry, simple past and past participle played gooseberry)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "third wheel"
    },
    {
      "word": "two's company, three's a crowd"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “In the Park”, in Anne of the Island",
          "text": "\"Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unwanted",
          "unwanted"
        ],
        [
          "third party",
          "third party"
        ],
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ],
        [
          "lover",
          "lover"
        ],
        [
          "chaperon",
          "chaperon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, UK slang) To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "do gooseberry"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "olla kolmas pyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "tenir la chandelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "den Anstandswauwau spielen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "κρατώ το φανάρι (krató to fanári, literally “to hold the lamp”)",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "być piątym kołem u wozu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "segurar vela"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "tini l' tchandele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play gooseberry"
}