rasp
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
to scrape or rub roughly: The glacier rasped the valley floor.
to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves.
to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an answer.
to scrape or grate.
to make a grating sound.
an act of rasping.
a rasping sound.
a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.
(in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.
Origin of rasp
1Other words from rasp
- raspish, adjective
- un·rasped, adjective
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How to use rasp in a sentence
He motioned me closer, rasped into my ear, "Did you bring a joint?"
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I just cannot conceive of the thought of this guy being the president,” Dornan rasped at me.
“ Never forget,” rasped the 37th president to his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger.
Garnache's sword rasped out, an oath rattled from his clenched teeth, and he fell on guard.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini"I have a notion that you may, monsieur," rasped Garnache's voice, and with it rasped Garnache's chair upon the boards.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
She did not feel in a gentle mood towards Sue; her voice and words had rasped her nerves for the last hour.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterLandy rasped his feet to evenness and cautioned that he would have to be shod if used on hard-surfaced roads.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney"It is not as bad as you think," the words came again out of the fog, spoken with a gentleness which rasped Raf's nerves.
Star Born | Andre Norton
British Dictionary definitions for rasp (1 of 2)
/ (rɑːsp) /
a harsh grating noise
a coarse file with rows of raised teeth
(tr) to scrape or rub (something) roughly, esp with a rasp; abrade
to utter with or make a harsh grating noise
to irritate (one's nerves or senses); grate (upon)
Origin of rasp
1Derived forms of rasp
- rasper, noun
- raspish, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for rasp (2 of 2)
/ (rɑːsp) /
an informal or Scot word for raspberry
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