rasp

Meanings

1. A coarse file or filelike tool, 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.
2. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

1. To use a rasp.
2. To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
3. To say in a raspy voice.
4. To work something with a rasp.
5. To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

1. The raspberry.

1. Abbreviation of Royalty and Specialist Protection.

Etymology

From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”). The noun is from Middle French raspe.