rasping

English

Adjective

rasping (comparative more rasping, superlative most rasping)

1. raspy

   He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.

2. exasperating
3. (sports) Pushing forward with great force.
   • 1890, Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Golf, page 249:

     When the opponent has led off with a fine rasping drive, the noble, but somewhat treacherous, spirit of emulation rises in the breast of the rival, and he is tempted to 'press' –ever so little, but just a little too much in order to outdo his antagonist's effort.

   • 2009, Ian Waterson, Live Through the Dream, page 7777:

     Myhill gets fingertips onto it and helps the rasping drive onto the bar and over or a corner.

   • 2016 August 28, “Toni Kroos missile helps Real Madrid down impressive Celta”, in Stuff:

     Celta then levelled following a crisp move between Daniel Wass, Guidetti and Orellana, the Chilean sending a rasping drive high beyond Casilla.

   • 2023 November 11, Matthew Howarth, “Arsenal 3-1 Burnley”, in BBC Sport:

     Zeki Amdouni had a rasping long-range drive parried away by David Raya

Translations

raspy

• Bulgarian: дрезгав (bg) (drezgav)
• Maori: māngūngungu

Verb

rasping

1. present participle and gerund of rasp

Noun

rasping (plural raspings)

1. A sound that rasps.
2. The act of rasping as with a file.

Derived terms

• rasping machine

Anagrams

• gnisrap, parings, parsing, rapings, sparing