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harp
(härp)n.
1. Music
a. An instrument having an upright triangular frame consisting of a pillar, a curved neck, and a hollow back containing the sounding board, with usually 46 or 47 strings of graded lengths that are played by plucking with the fingers.
b. Any of various ancient and modern instruments of similar or U-shaped design.
c. Informal A harmonica.
2. Something, such as a pair of vertical supports for a lampshade, that resembles a harp.
intr.v. harped, harp·ing, harps
Phrasal Verb: To play a harp.
harp on
To talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on.
[Middle English, from Old English hearpe and from Old French harpe, of Germanic origin.]
harp′er n.
harp′ist n.
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harp•ist
(ˈhɑr pɪst)n.
a person who plays the harp.
[1605–15]
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Translations
عازِف القيثارَه
harfenista-ka
harpenist
hárfás
hörpuleikari
arpeggiatorearpista
harfista
arp çalgıcısıarpist
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
harpist
n → Harfenspieler(in) m(f), → Harfenist(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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harp
(haːp) noun a usually large musical instrument which is held upright, and which has many strings which are plucked with the fingers.
ˈharpist nounharp on (about)
to keep on talking about. He's forever harping on (about his low wages); She keeps harping on his faults.
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