Rasping

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

raspy.

Definitions by Sense

1. raspy
2. exasperating
3. (sports) Pushing forward with great force.
4. present participle and gerund of rasp
5. A sound that rasps.
6. The act of rasping as with a file.

Example Sentences

He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.

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.

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.

Zeki Amdouni had a rasping long-range drive parried away by David Raya

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• more rasping
• most rasping
• raspings

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