Chronic bronchitis can lead to a rasping cough that is difficult to cure.
The sound of the rake rasping against the pavement filled the garden.
My brother has a very obnoxious rasping voice, I wish he would learn to stop!
Yes, "rasping" is an onomatopoeic word because it mimics the sound it describes. The word itself gives a similar impression to the harsh, grating sound of rasping.
"rasping" means "to have trouble breathing, to breathe noisily. Someone who is soon to die may begin rasping as it gets more difficult for them to breathe. I can think of no single common English word that would mean "to breathe perfectly/ healthily"
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Nurse! Anaseptic, quick! -I've just bloodied my knuckles on a rasp! His sore throat gave his voice an unusual rasp.
A rasp is a large rough file.
The rasping tongue of a hagfish is a plate made out of cartilage that is inside their mouth. This plate has two sets of horned teeth similar to comb teeth.
I managed to wheeze out a few words through rasping breaths that came short and painful.
Because It just does!
You cracked the block.
It rubs its leg against a rasping organ on its wing.