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rasper

Variant of rasp

transitive verb

  1. to scrape or rub with or as with a file
  2. to utter in a rough, grating tone
  3. to grate upon; irritate: giggling that rasped his nerves

intransitive verb

  1. to scrape roughly; grate
  2. to make a rough, grating sound

noun

  1. a type of rough file with raised points instead of ridges, used esp. on wood
  2. a rough, grating sound
  3. an act of rasping

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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