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rasper

[ ras-per, rah-sper ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that rasps.
  2. a machine for scraping sugarcane.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rasper1

First recorded in 1715–25; rasp + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Bristol City almost have another, as Mark Sykes stings the side-netting with a rasper.

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Neil Warnock spoke about telling his players to start on the front foot, and Connor Barron certainly received that message by delivering a rasper from 25 yards in the first minute.

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Cannon sends a low rasper across Vorm and off the bottom of the left-hand post!

She forced a full-length save out of Rebecca Spencer with a rasper heading for the bottom right; clattered the right-hand post with another pearler; then nutmegged Laura Bassett on the turn before ripping a shot into the top right.

He became a Liverpool legend with his performance against Patrick Vieira in the 2001 cup final against Arsenal, and his stoppage time rasper in 2006 saved them against West Ham.

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