harp
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Is harp a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (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 bodyExamples: "The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge"
2. (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
3. (music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.colloquial
4. (music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.colloquial
5. (Scotland) A grain sieve.Scotland
verb (English)
1. (derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.Examples: "Why do you harp on a single small mistake?"; "Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?"derogatoryusuallywith-on
2. (transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument).transitive
3. (transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.transitive
4. (transitive, archaic) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.Examples: "Thou harped my fear aright."archaictransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary