A tart filled with gooseberries; a sort of gooseberry pie. / (Cockney rhyming slang) Heart.

Synonym of play gooseberry

(dated, idiomatic, British slang, journalism) A period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.

(archaic, British slang) The buttocks.

present participle of pick gooseberry

Ribes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America / The black berry of this plant.

(dated, idiomatic) A prominent, dull eye.

plural of gooseberry eye

The amla (Phyllanthus emblica) (tree or fruit)

(dated, British slang) to be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon