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rasping

adjective more rasping · most rasping

  1. raspy He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.
  2. exasperating
  3. Pushing forward with great force. When the opponent has led off with a fine rasping drive, the noble, but somewhat treacherous, spirit of emulation rises in the breast of the rival, and he is tempted to 'press' –ever so little, but just a little too much in order to outdo his antagonist's effort.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of rasp

noun raspings

  1. A sound that rasps.
  2. The act of rasping as with a file.

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@misc{rasping_2026,
  title = {rasping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rasping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}