Definitions
utter in a grating voice
Word origin
From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”).
Used in a sentence
“the rasp of her perpetual cough”
““No. I am going to feed you to the children,” rasped Burt, his laugh rattling around his throat, prising Dad’s fingers one by one off his apron.”
“to rasp wood to make it smooth”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Harsh scrape”4 letters
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