Associations to the word «Rasping»

Wiktionary

RASPING, adjective. Raspy
RASPING, verb. Present participle of rasp
RASPING, noun. A rasping sound

Dictionary definition

RASPING, noun. Uttering in an irritated tone.
RASPING, adjective. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne