1. rasp - Noun
2. rasp - Verb
The raspberry.
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.
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBriefly bursteth season brisk, Blasty north breeze racketh branch, Branches rasp each branch on each Tearing twig and tearing leafage. Arnaut Daniel
His rasp and stammer at times suggest a raw young Michael J. Fox, without the ironic detachment. Source: Internet
Can be removed from fruit with a paring knife, but is easiest removed by a Microplane Zester (or a woodworking rasp). Source: Internet
He shifted his focus to other senses: the fine grains of snow sliding across his silken hide, the rasp of his claws on the ice, the looming and sudden gusting away of shadow-like forms against the ochre sky. Source: Internet
The former Walkmen frontman has developed an equally great solo career over the last decade, applying his unforgettable rasp to more stripped down arrangements. Source: Internet
The older of the two men is wiry with hands that rasp on the ropes as he draws in the anchor. Source: Internet