Crossword clues for rasping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rasp \Rasp\ (r[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped (r[.a]spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[=o]n to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to snatch.]
To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.
Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
Wiktionary
raspy n. A rasping sound v
(present participle of rasp English)
WordNet
n. uttering in an irritated tone [syn: rasp]
Usage examples of "rasping".
The Hawkmaster took Rohain among the sounds of the mewsthe tiny tintinnabulation of bells, the bird-screams and whistles and chatter, the rasping whirr of rousing wings, the talk among the austringers and falconers.
Movement stirred in the corner as Eater entered, with a rasping hiss of scales and fur, of uncoiling neck and unfolding feeder arms.
He heard a rasping, flacketing buzz, like a big insect, and glanced up with a scowl into the stormy gloom.
Also there was immediately a reversal of bird form, a shatterment of sentiment, a rasping maddening note from somewhere in the dome of a pipal tree.
He rose, pivoting smoothly and very fast, the sword coming free of the scabbard with a rasping hiss of steel on greased leather and wood.
Rake rumbled up to the opening, iron claws rasping, and tentacles lashing out against the stone walls, beginning its probe within.
Its tone was rasping, as of the points of iron nails scraped across mortarless flagstones.
Heavy, rasping, mucoid breaths that made her want to slam the phone down.
Whirl like wheels offire, and her voice had serrated edges to it, a kind of velvetfile rasping in her head.
The stout gentleman snored monotonously in two notes, one a rasping bass, the other a prolonged treble.
But above the hushed noises of voices and footsteps, one terrible sound made itself heard--the prolonged, rasping sound of breathing, half choked, laboured, agonised.
Ahead of him somewhere, a thousand rasping ultra-diamond teeth, patterned on the radulae of a snail, had been chewing through the metal core of the rock, sucking the debris into the sorter and then into the storage bay for refining on the main ship.
He pinched, scratched and bit her breasts, reaming her vagina with powerful thrusts that smacked the tines of the cock ring right inside her labia, rasping her hard, erect and unhooded clitoris.
So, with her anus and his penis both anxious to sample their mutual delights it was not long before he was rasping and reaming her backside with animal intensity.
Galba drew his sword, the spatha rasping as it came out of its scabbard, and put its point under her chin.