harp
/hɑːp/IPA: /HH AA1 R P/
noun
- 1
A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- 2
A harmonica.
- 3
A grain sieve.
verb
- 1
(usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
“Why do you harp on a single small mistake?”
- 2
To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
- 3
To play (a tune) on the harp.
- 4
To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
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