English Explanatory Dictionary

huckleberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. A person of little consequence.
  5. The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
verb
  1. To pick huckleberries.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌkl̩ˌbɛɹi/ /ˈhʌkl̩b(ə)ɹi/ en-au-huckleberry.ogg

Word forms

huckleberry huckleberries huckleberrying huckleberried

Etymology

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

Related words

huckle

Derived words

above one's huckleberry bear huckleberry black huckleberry blue huckleberry box huckleberry bush huckleberry California huckleberry dwarf huckleberry evergreen huckleberry fool's huckleberry garden huckleberry hairy-twig huckleberry he-huckleberry highbush huckleberry huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry above one's persimmon huckleberry oak I'm your huckleberry red huckleberry squaw huckleberry tree huckleberry winter huckleberry woolly huckleberry

Translations

Blackfoot: aapaawapsspi Catalan: nadó Catalan: mirtil americà Chinook Jargon: shat ulali Finnish: valemustikka Finnish: puolukka Finnish: pensasmustikka French: myrtille américaine German: Heidelbeere Italian: mirtillo americano Latin: myrtillus americanus Māori: huapēre Portuguese: mirtilo americano Spanish: arándano americano Unami: min Cherokee: ᎫᏩᏯ
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