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rasping

[ras-ping, rah-sping] / ˈræs pɪŋ, ˈrɑ spɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
abrading
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Antonyms


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Rasping winners at Queen's - both stepping in from the baseline and running shots down the line - were encouraging signs.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

Rasping effort from Pedro after Hazard brings down a long ball over the top.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2015

Rasping effort from Pedro after Hazard brings down a long ball over the top.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2015

Rasping family squabbles are the scenes U.S. playwrights handle best, and this savage-witted nightlong bout of man and wife ranks with the best of the breed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Is here no life, nothing but the thin shadow And blank foreboding, never a wainscot rat Rasping a crust?

From Georgian Poetry 1920-22 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir




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