Meaning & use
Rasping
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Having a harsh, rough, grating sound or texture, like the scraping of a file.
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His rasping voice betrayed years of smoking.
The rasping hinge on the gate needed a drop of oil.
A note on using this word
Rasping derives from the tool called a "rasp," a coarse file used to shape wood or metal, which explains its rough, scraping connotation.
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2. verb
Scraping something with a rough tool or surface.
He was rasping the burnt edge off the toast with a knife.
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