cherry
Related to cherry: cherry tree
cherry
1. vulgar slang The hymen.
2. slang By extension, virginity (not necessarily a female's). A: "I can't believe he still hasn't lost his cherry!" B: "He says he's waiting for marriage."
3. slang A novice, especially in military combat. I was still a cherry when I was first sent into armed combat. I came back from that skirmish a lot older than when I went in.
4. slang Something that has not been used before or is in perfect condition. The machine was a cherry, as far as I could tell—practically brand new. I couldn't believe they were selling it so cheap.
5. slang Nonsense; foolish talk. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "cherry" is short for "cherry ripe," which rhymes with "tripe." Primarily heard in UK. You can't believe a word Ian says—he's always spouting some cherry. A: "You can take that cherry for what it's worth." B: "Nothing?" A: "Pretty much."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cherry
1. n. an inexperienced person; a novice. He’s just a cherry. He don’t know from nothing.
2. n. the hymen. (Usually objectionable.) You jerk! All you care about is scoring cherries!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- (as) red as a cherry
- a bite at the cherry
- a bite at/of the cherry
- a bite of the cherry
- a bowl of cherries
- a second bite at the cherry
- another bite at the cherry
- another bite of the cherry
- bowl of cherries
- bowl of cherries, life is just a
- burst (one's) cherry
- burst (someone's) bubble
- bust (one's) cherry
- cherry
- cherry on top
- cherry ripe
- cherry-boy
- cherry-pick
- desert cherry
- life is (just) a bowl of cherries
- life is a bowl of cherries
- Life is just a bowl of cherries
- lose (one's) cherry
- lose your cherry
- pop (one's) bubble
- pop (one's) cherry
- pop someone's cherry
- pop the cherry
- Pretty please with a cherry on top?
- red as a cherry
- second bite at the cherry
- second bite of the cherry
- sour cherry
- sweet cherry
- take (one's) cherry
- take (one's) measure
- the cherry on the cake
- wild cherry