Rasping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rasping is an adjective meaning exasperating.
Meaning
exasperating.
More Meanings
- (sports) Pushing forward with great force.
- present participle and gerund of rasp
- A sound that rasps.
- The act of rasping as with a file.
Example Sentences
He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.
Zeki Amdouni had a rasping long-range drive parried away by David Raya
Myhill gets fingertips onto it and helps the rasping drive onto the bar and over or a corner.
Celta then levelled following a crisp move between Daniel Wass, Guidetti and Orellana, the Chilean sending a rasping drive high beyond Casilla.
Word Forms
- raspings
Synonyms for rasping
Depending on context, synonyms include rough, grating, gravelly, raspy, cacophonous, rasp.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raspy, grating, cacophonous, rough, gravelly, gravel.
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