Meanings
comparative more rasping · superlative most rasping
- raspy
He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.
- hobbiesPushing forward with great force.
Zeki Amdouni had a rasping long-range drive parried away by David Raya
2023 November 11, Matthew Howarth, “Arsenal 3-1 Burnley”, in BBC Sport3 more examples
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.
1890, Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Golf, page 249Myhill gets fingertips onto it and helps the rasping drive onto the bar and over or a corner.
2009, Ian Waterson, Live Through the Dream, page 7777Celta then levelled following a crisp move between Daniel Wass, Guidetti and Orellana, the Chilean sending a rasping drive high beyond Casilla.
2016 August 28, “Toni Kroos missile helps Real Madrid down impressive Celta”, in Stuff
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rasp
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveunpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian дрезгав
- дрезгав (drezgav)raspy
Māori māngūngungu
- māngūngunguraspy
Polish zgrzytliwy
- zgrzytliwyraspy
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Cite this entry
rasping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasping
“rasping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasping. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rasping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasping.
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