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• n  uttering in an irritated tone
• n  a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
• v  scrape with a rasp
• v  utter in a grating voice

• Once on the scene, though, the Slasher a wiry, nervous guy, like Billy Bob Thornton with Tom Waits' rasp thrums like a racing engine.
• His voice has the breathy rasp of a drinker, his walk the uncertainty of a strong man going down.
• Lil Wayne has a smoke-scarred rasp that makes him sound like Redd Foxx covering Bob Dylan.

• rasping
• wood file

News & Articles

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• College corner
  Benjamin Rasp and Dominique Walker were named to the spring semester dean's list at Morehead State University.
  June 14, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• NU’s Big Red Football School hosts prep Husker hopefuls
  LINCOLN — By Tuesday, Ross Els’ voice had found that familiar rasp, produced by hours of coaching football.
  June 12, 2013 - Kearney Hub
• Local Music Review: The Reigns Band
  There’s a craggily handsome quality to Reigns Band frontman Evan Melgaard’s voice—a smoky, weathered tenor, with hints of honey audibly seeping into the cracks of each croupy rasp.
  June 12, 2013 - Metro Pulse

Quotes

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• Alonso Duralde in FOXNews
  Reviewing the film for MSNBC, Alonso Duralde wrote that Bale's Batman in "Batman Begins" "sounded absurdly deep, like a 10-year-old putting on an `adult' voice to make prank phone calls. This time, Bale affects an eerie rasp, somewhat akin to Brenda...
• Caleb Followill in Maryland Gazette
  On the last night of the Dylan tour,says Caleb Followill, "Dylan came into our dressing room and he says (here Caleb affects Dylan's husky rasp:) 'What's that last song you guys played?' And I said, 'Uh, it's called 'Trani' (a little ditty...
• Tyrone Willingham in HeraldNet
  Right now, no,Willingham said when asked if a change could be coming this week. "I don't anticipate that, even though I like some things from our backup punter Kiel Rasp. Jared hit some very good balls that night and what we have to do is...