Definition of: rasp

(rasp, räsp) noun
1. A filelike tool having coarse pyramidal projections for abrasion.
2. A machine containing a large cylindrical grater.
3. The act or sound of rasping.
—v.t.
1. To scrape with or as with a rasp.
2. To scrape or rub roughly.
3. To affect unpleasantly; irritate.
4. To utter in a rough voice.
—v.i.
5. To grate; scrape [<OF raspe <rasper scrape, prob. <Gmc.]
—rasp′er noun