Usually means: Harsh, grating, and hoarse sound.
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  1. raspy: Merriam-Webster
  2. raspy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. raspy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. raspy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. raspy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Raspy, raspy: Wordnik
  7. raspy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. raspy: Wiktionary
  9. raspy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. raspy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. raspy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Raspy, raspy: Dictionary.com
  13. raspy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Raspy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. raspy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. raspy: Rhymezone
  17. Raspy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. raspy: FreeDictionary.org
  19. raspy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. raspy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. raspy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. raspy: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. raspy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. raspy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See raspier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (raspy)

adjective:  (of sound, especially vocal quality) Rough, raw.
adjective:  Irritable.

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