harp
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From Old English hearpe, from Proto-Germanic *harpōn. Cognate with Dutch harp, German Harfe, Swedish harpa.
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harp (plural harps)
- A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.
- (colloquial) A harmonica.
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musical instrument
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harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped)
- (usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
- Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?
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- keep on about
- perseverate
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to repeatedly mention a subject
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From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpōn.
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harp f. and m. (plural harpen, diminutive harpje)
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From Arabic.
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- IPA: /hɑrp/
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harp
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English nouns
- English colloquialisms
- English verbs
- en:Musical instruments
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch nouns
- nl:Musical instruments
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish dated terms
- Turkish nouns
