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rasping

[ ras-ping, rah-sping ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
raspings of sawed wood.
Cooking. raspings, dry breadcrumbs.

ˈrasping

/ ˈrɑːspɪ; ˈrɑːspɪŋ /

Origin of rasping¹

First recorded in 1650–60; rasp + -ing ², -ing ¹

She could barely hear over the rhythmic rasping of a knife being sharpened in long, aggressive sweeps.

It was but child's play for so strong a man as Mr. Steele to shake off so futile a grasp, and he did so with a rasping laugh.

You had perceived upon what measure of aggression, upon what rasping unkindnesses, the applause of your fellows was bestowed.

A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.

The twisted bar of iron stands out from the door and the ring is drawn up and down over a series of nicks, making a rasping noise.

Broken crystal littered the floor in shards and puddles of strange chemicals mingled smells to become a throat-rasping fog.

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