Meaning

noun uttering in an irritated tone

noun a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

verb scrape with a rasp

originFrom 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.

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