1 [sing.] an unpleasant harsh sound:
There was a rasp of impatience in his voice.
2 [C] a metal tool with a long blade covered with rows of sharp points, used for making rough surfaces smooth
Part of speech: verb
1 ~ (sth) (out) to say sth in an unpleasant harsh voice:
[Vspeech] 'Where have you been?' she rasped. * [VN] He rasped out some instructions. [also V]
2 [V] to make an unpleasant harsh sound:
a rasping cough / voice
3 [VN] to rub a surface with a rasp or with sth rough that works or feels like a rasp:
The wind rasped his face.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rasp is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is rasp a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rasp is tagged as noun.
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