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Definition of risp in English: risp(also resp) noun rɪsp 1Scottish. A small serrated bar fixed upright on a house door, with a ring attached, which was forcibly rubbed up and down the bar to attract the attention of those inside. Now historical. 2Scottish. A grating or rasping sound.
verb rɪsp Irish English, Scottish, Northern 1with object To rub (two things) together; to rasp or file (something); especially to grind (one's teeth). 2no object To make a rasping or grating sound.
OriginEarly 16th century (in an earlier sense). From risp
late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From early Scandinavian, further etymology uncertain, perhaps ultimately from the same Germanic base as Old Swedish rippa and related words cited at rip. Definition of risp in US English: risp(also resp) nounrɪsp 1Scottish. A small serrated bar fixed upright on a house door, with a ring attached, which was forcibly rubbed up and down the bar to attract the attention of those inside. Now historical. 2Scottish. A grating or rasping sound.
verbrɪsp Irish English, Scottish, Northern 1with object To rub (two things) together; to rasp or file (something); especially to grind (one's teeth). 2no object To make a rasping or grating sound.
OriginEarly 16th century (in an earlier sense). From risp<br>late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From early Scandinavian, further etymology uncertain, perhaps ultimately from the same Germanic base as Old Swedish rippa and related words cited at rip. |