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  • present participle of rasp.
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rasping

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


ADJECTIVE
abrading
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

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Foden's goal - a rasping a low effort into the bottom corner following fine work by team-mate Rayan Cherki - will have impressed the watching Tuchel at Selhurst Park.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

But the home side equalised on the stroke of half-time courtesy of a rasping long-range drive from Vitinha following a short corner routine.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

After 20 deliveries – 19 from Rabada – Khawaja was squared up by a rasping ball which angled in at him on a fourth-stump line.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

What endures is the rasping byplay, the soaring exasperation, the tango of opposing temperaments finding fleeting common ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

The banshee made a rasping noise and clutched her throat; her voice was gone.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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