[{"word":"gooseberries","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year."},{"definition":"Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(British slang) A chaperone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry."},{"definition":"(British slang) A fool.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["fifth wheel","third wheel","goosegog"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gooseberries","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gooseberry"]}]