Rasp definition
A harsh grating sound.
noun
To grate on (nerves or feelings).
verb
To scrape harshly; grate.
verb
To make a harsh, grating sound.
verb
To scrape or rub with or as with a file.
verb
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To utter in a rough, grating tone.
verb
To grate upon; irritate.
Giggling that rasped his nerves.
verb
To scrape roughly; grate.
verb
To make a rough, grating sound.
verb
A type of rough file with raised points instead of ridges, used esp. on wood.
noun
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A rough, grating sound.
noun
An act of rasping.
noun
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
noun
(intransitive) To use a rasp.
verb
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(figuratively) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
Some sounds rasp the ear.
His insults rasped my temper.
verb
A coarse file with sharp, pointed projections.
noun
The act of filing with a rasp.
noun
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To file or scrape with a rasp.
verb
To utter in a grating voice.
verb
Origin of rasp
- Old French raspe from rasper to rasp of Germanic origin V., Middle English raspen from Middle Dutch raspen from Old French rasper
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition