rasping
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping: raspings of sawed wood.
Cooking.raspings, dry breadcrumbs.
Origin of rasping
1Other words from rasping
- rasp·ing·ly, adverb
- rasp·ing·ness, noun
- un·rasp·ing, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use rasping in a sentence
I cannot make out to be anything but raspingly, harrowingly sad; so I will close, and not affect levity which I cannot feel.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonHis lips grew stiff and painfully hot, and when he tried to moisten them his tongue was dry and moved across them raspingly.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamRaspingly and distinctly above the clatter-clatter of the hand car, a voice shouted from below.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. QuirkIn the dugout, except for two men who snored loudly, raspingly, everyone was quiet.
One Man's Initiation--1917 | John Dos PassosThe Earl shivered convulsively, choked raspingly, and was suddenly limp and still.
Millennium | Everett B. Cole
British Dictionary definitions for rasping
raspy (ˈrɑːspɪ)
/ (ˈrɑːspɪŋ) /
(esp of a noise) harsh or grating; rough
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse