rasp
A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points…A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
» Tom never used to speak with a rasp.
Meaning
4 sensesA coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
Raspel
ра́шпильrášpilʹ
ра́шпільrášpilʹ
a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
the rasp of her perpetual cough
скре́жетskréžet
(collective)A group of guinea fowl
(archaic)The raspberry.
Examples
4 sentencesTom never used to speak with a rasp.
Why doesn't Tom speak with a rasp anymore?
Tom spoke with his usual rasp, but something was off.
I noticed Tom was speaking with a rasp all of a sudden.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English raspen (“to scratch, scrape”), borrowed from Old French raspInherited from Middle English raspen (“to scratch, scrape”), borrowed from Old French rasper (“to grate, scratch”), from Vulgar Latin *raspāre (“to scrape; to scratch”), borrowed from Frankish *hraspōn (“to rasp or grate”), from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną (same meaning, plus “to steal”), from *hrespaną (“to tear, rip; to plunder”).
Probably from earlier raspis (“raspberry”), mistaken as a plural. Further origin unknown.
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