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rasp⋅er

  [ras-per, rah-sper]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that rasps.
2. a machine for scraping sugarcane.
Origin:
1715–25; rasp + -er 1
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rasp   (rāsp)   
v.   rasped, rasp·ing, rasps

v.   tr.

  1. To file or scrape with a coarse file having sharp projections.

  2. To utter in a grating voice.

  3. To grate on (nerves or feelings).

v.   intr.

  1. To scrape harshly; grate.

  2. To make a harsh grating sound.

n.  

  1. A coarse file with sharp, raised, pointed projections.

  2. The act of filing with a rasp.

  3. A harsh grating sound.


[Middle English raspen, from Middle Dutch raspen and Old French rasper, of Germanic origin.]
rasp'er n., rasp'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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