harp
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]harp (plural harps)
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- 1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto Saint Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:
- The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- (music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.
- A harmonica.
- A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a theatre organ.
- (Scotland) A grain sieve.
- The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
- 1960, School Shop, volume 20, page 36:
- Contains charts and instructions for wiring. Shows sockets, wire, harps, glass chimneys and globes, shade holders, bases, finials, and hundreds of items necessary in the building of lamps.
- 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting, page 104:
- Both types of harp have a swiveling shade holder at the top. The threaded stud on the swivel accepts the finial.
- Short for harp seal.
- 2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225:
- More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.
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[edit]- æolian harp
- arched harp
- Celtic harp
- Harp
- harp closure
- harper
- Harper
- harp-guitar
- harp guitarist
- harp-guitarist
- harp holder
- Harp Island
- harpist
- harp on
- harp on one string
- harp on the same string
- harp-player
- harp shackle
- harp shell
- harp snail
- Jaws-harp
- jaws-harp
- Jaws'-harp
- jaws harp
- jaw's harp
- jaws' harp
- Jaw's harp
- Jewes-harp
- Jewes harp
- jewes harp
- jew harp
- jews-harp
- Jews-harp
- jews'-harp
- Jews' harp
- jews harp
- Jews harp
- Jew's-harp
- Jews'-harp
- jew's harp
- Kafir harp
- lamp harp
- laser harp
- Welsh harp
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped)
- (derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
- Why do you harp on a single small mistake?(US)
- Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?(UK)
- (transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument).
- (transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.
- (transitive, archaic) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- Thou harped my fear aright.
Synonyms
[edit]- keep on about
- perseverate
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References
[edit]- 2013. The Physics of Musical Instruments. Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing. Pg. 331.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish حرب (harb), borrowed from Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]harp (definite accusative harbi, plural harpler)
- (archaic) war
- Synonym: savaş
- 1941 June 23, Yenigün[1]:
- Alman-Rus harbinde bitaraf kalacağız
- We will remain neutral in the German-Russian war
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf).
Noun
[edit]harp (definite accusative harpy, plural harplar)
- letter (of an alphabet)
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- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)p
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)p/1 syllable
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- en:String instruments
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- en:Heraldic charges
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- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑrp
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- nl:Musical instruments
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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- Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ح ر ب
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