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Uncommonharp
The correct spelling is harp.
How to pronounce harp
/hɑːp/
nounIPA: /hɑːp/
Say it like: Har-p
The correct spelling is harp. 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 soundboar… For example: "Why do you harp on a single small mistake?"
Usage Examples
“Why do you harp on a single small mistake?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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
- 2.A harmonica.
- 3.A grain sieve.
verb
- 1.(usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
- 2.To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
- 3.To play (a tune) on the harp.
- 4.To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
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