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Complete Definition of "risp"

English

Etymology
From Old Norse rispa ‘scratch’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/rɪsp/

Noun
en-verb

  1. to rub together, to rasp or grate

#:*1974: that Greek waste silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash of listless wind through the spare grass. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
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