Definition of harp Harp
/hɑˈɹp/ - [harp] - harp
We found 22 definitions of harp from 8 different sources.
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What does harp mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: harps |
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| harp - a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers | ||
| chordophone a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers | ||
| aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them | ||
| harp - a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade | ||
| harp - a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | ||
| harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp | ||
| free-reed instrument a wind instrument with a free reed | ||
Verb |
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| harp - play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully" | ||
| pick off, tweak, pull off, pluck shoot one by one | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| harp - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" | ||
| dwell | ||
| ingeminate, reiterate, restate, iterate, retell, repeat run or be performed again; "the function iterates" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- harp (Noun)
A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers. - harp (Noun)
A harmonica. - harp (Verb)
Usually with on To repeatedly mention a subject. - harp (Verb)
To play on a harp or similar instrument. - harp (Verb)
To play a tune on the harp. - harp (Verb)
To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- harp (n.)
A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers. - harp (n.)
A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. - harp (n.)
A grain sieve. - harp (n.)
To play on the harp. - harp (n.)
To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. - harp (v. t.)
To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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harp
A stringed musical instrument (part of the classic symphony orchestra) that is stroked or plucked with the fingers and consists of an upright frame strung with multiple strings.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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harp
härp, n. a musical stringed instrument much esteemed by the ancients.—v.i. to play on the harp: to dwell tediously upon anything.—v.t. to give voice to.—ns. Harp′er, Harp′ist, a player on the harp.—n.pl. Harp′ings (naut.), the fore-parts of the wales surrounding the bow extensions of the rib-bands.—n. Harp′-shell, a genus of gasteropodous molluscs with inflated shell.—Harp on one string, to dwell constantly on one topic. [A.S. hearpe; Ger. harfe.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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harp
To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throwing or shooting at random among the crowd. Harp is also the Irish expression for woman, or tail, used in tossing up in Ireland: from Hibernia, being represented with a harp on the reverse of the copper coins of that country; for which it is, in hoisting the copper, i.e. tossing up, sometimes likewise called music.
Wikipedia 
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The harp is a musical instrument. It is the second biggest string instrument in an orchestra. It dates back to 4000 BC when the Egyptians used them in holy places. Christian artists often draw angels playing harps in Heaven.
Parts of harps.
All harps must have strings. Each string must be tight, so it makes the right sound or note for that string. The strings are tied to the frame.
The frame is usually a wood triangle. It must be strong, so that the many tight strings do not break it.
The side of the triangle that leans on the player's body, is the sound-box. Empty boxes can make sounds louder.
The top side of the triangle has a lot of pegs in it. There is one peg for each string on the harp. The top of each string is tied to one peg, and twisted around the peg. The player turns the peg to make the string more tight or less tight. This is how the player makes each string make the right note. The bottom of each string is tied to the sound-box.
The last side of the triangle is called the pillar. The oldest harps from Egypt did not have pillars. If the strings were too tight, they would break the harp. Adding a pillar to a harp frame makes the frame very strong, so that the strings will not break it.
Playing a harp.
Harp players pluck the stings with their fingers. This makes the strings move so that the strings make sounds. Each string sound is a different musical note. Harp players play songs by plucking the strings in the right order and at the right time. More than one strin
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