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
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
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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:
harps

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Harp

  • the Harp

Origin of Harp

  • 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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