Harp Definition
härp
harped, harping, harps
noun
harps
A musical instrument with strings stretched vertically in an open, triangular frame and played by plucking with the fingers: the modern harp has usually forty-six strings and, to permit the playing of halftones, seven foot-pedals.
Webster's New World
Any of various ancient and modern instruments of similar or U-shaped design.
American Heritage
A harp-shaped object or implement.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Something, such as a pair of vertical supports for a lampshade, that resembles a harp.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- mouth harp
- mouth-organ
- harmonica
- cithara
- dulcimer
- hexachord
- polychord
- heptachord
- aeolian-harp
- Celtic harp
- Irish harp
- folk harp
- psaltery
- lyre
- Welsh harp
verb
harped, harping, harps
To play a harp.
Webster's New World
To persist in talking or writing tediously or continuously (on or upon something)
Webster's New World
(usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
Wiktionary
pronoun
An occupational surname for a player of the harp.
Wiktionary
idiom
the Harp
- the constellation Lyra
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Harp
Noun
Singular:
harp
Plural:
harpsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Harp
- the Harp
Origin of Harp
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From Old English hearpe, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Cognate with Dutch harp, German Harfe, Swedish harpa.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English hearpe and from Old French harpe of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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