harp

Noun

• 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

• a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade

• 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

Verb

• play the harp
  • She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully
    

• come back to
  • Don't dwell on the past
    
  • She is always harping on the same old things
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  harmonica , mouth organ , mouth harp , dwell