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Esp. of a sound: harsh, grating; scratchy. Cf. raspy, adj. 1.
That scrapes, in various senses of the verb scrape, v.
Of sound: rough, grating. Of a sound-recording: characterized by scratch (scratch, n.1 6b).
Having or producing a harsh grating noise.
Of a sound: scratching, scraping.