Harp
noun
A large musical instrument with many strings that you play with your fingers.
She learned to play the harp at a very young age.
Often appears as...
- play the harp
- harp music
verb
To talk or complain a lot about something.
She's always harping on about her problems.
Often appears as...
- harp on about
- harp on a subject
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of small jumping insect.
The field is full of harp bugs.
Often appears as...
- harp bug habitat
- harp bug behavior
noun
A tool for holding paper on a drawing board.
The artist used a harp to keep her drawing paper in place.
Often appears as...
- use a harp
- harp grip
noun
A large musical instrument with many strings that you play with your fingers.
She learned to play the harp at a very young age.
Often appears as...
- play the harp
- harp music
verb
To talk or complain a lot about something.
She's always harping on about her problems.
Often appears as...
- harp on about
- harp on a subject
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of small jumping insect.
The field is full of harp bugs.
Often appears as...
- harp bug habitat
- harp bug behavior
noun
A tool for holding paper on a drawing board.
The artist used a harp to keep her drawing paper in place.
Often appears as...
- use a harp
- harp grip
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Pro Tip 1/3Orchestral Use
The harp is often found in orchestras and used for its unique, ethereal sound.
The orchestra's harpist played a beautiful solo.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Harp is a symbol in Irish culture and mythology, often associated with tradition and heritage.
The Irish pub had a harp symbol on its sign.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Size
When referencing the harp, consider its large size, which is distinctive among string instruments.
She struggled to carry the large harp into the concert hall.
Pro Tip 1/3Orchestral Use
The harp is often found in orchestras and used for its unique, ethereal sound.
The orchestra's harpist played a beautiful solo.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Harp is a symbol in Irish culture and mythology, often associated with tradition and heritage.
The Irish pub had a harp symbol on its sign.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Size
When referencing the harp, consider its large size, which is distinctive among string instruments.
She struggled to carry the large harp into the concert hall.
Pro Tip 1/3Orchestral Use
The harp is often found in orchestras and used for its unique, ethereal sound.
The orchestra's harpist played a beautiful solo.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Harp is a symbol in Irish culture and mythology, often associated with tradition and heritage.
The Irish pub had a harp symbol on its sign.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Size
When referencing the harp, consider its large size, which is distinctive among string instruments.
She struggled to carry the large harp into the concert hall.
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Beautiful Butterfly...
uses that to move down and kind of combined with the other aerodynamic maneuvers that it's capable of that's what we see as a flutter and it actually makes it much more difficult for predators to catch them in the wild so if you think about if you were in the street and you did like a combination of a harper skip and a backflip instead of a walk it would people would think i was mad
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Crucial Waters PIPE...
many do not in the last couple years there's been an extraordinarily high mortality rate for these harp seal pups so I think it was a story like this that kind of opened my eyes to the the power of photography form from an environmental standpoint and what it could do to tell stories and raise
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Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
engage in courtship dating and to have their pubs and this is all played out against a backdrop of transient pack ice that moves with wind and tide what I really wanted a photograph initially was just the the lifecycle you know behaviors like the harp seal
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Constructing the...
massive amounts of concrete pumped up to them to pull that off you need some of the most powerful concrete pumps in the world you're made small harp in the uppermost pumping concrete from the ground to the top of the building takes
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An interview with the...
He took a whipping for that for a long time, but he was a visionary, and he did those things that he knew was going to help the city. He knew we had to get involved. So that's what we have to do. We don't harp on that.
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The myth of the Sampo—...
But as her army readied for war, the bard played his magic harp, Kantele, entrancing all who heard it and sending Pohjola into a deep slumber. Unimpeded, the three men took the Sampo and quietly made their escape.
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What lives in ice? PIPE...
are a suite of seals that maybe half dozen of them that rely on sea ice either completely or partially for different stages of their lifecycle this harp seal is nursing its pup and polar
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The Harp Seal's Race...
This beautiful little animal, hello, is a harp seal pup. It was born here on the ice about four or five days ago judging by its size. It is totally helpless without mom right now.
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Black Women and the...
thank you so much for that we know that um uh francis allen uh watkins harper said that uh we're all bound up together and that for black women um
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David Doubilet &...
in the world of the harp seal. That's its umbilical there. A newborn. Three days old, with the mother in the back.
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
uses that to move down and kind of combined with the other aerodynamic maneuvers that it's capable of that's what we see as a flutter and it actually makes it much more difficult for predators to catch them in the wild so if you think about if you were in the street and you did like a combination of a harper skip and a backflip instead of a walk it would people would think i was mad
Video examples
Crucial Waters PIPE...
many do not in the last couple years there's been an extraordinarily high mortality rate for these harp seal pups so I think it was a story like this that kind of opened my eyes to the the power of photography form from an environmental standpoint and what it could do to tell stories and raise
Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
engage in courtship dating and to have their pubs and this is all played out against a backdrop of transient pack ice that moves with wind and tide what I really wanted a photograph initially was just the the lifecycle you know behaviors like the harp seal
Video examples
Constructing the...
massive amounts of concrete pumped up to them to pull that off you need some of the most powerful concrete pumps in the world you're made small harp in the uppermost pumping concrete from the ground to the top of the building takes
Video examples
An interview with the...
He took a whipping for that for a long time, but he was a visionary, and he did those things that he knew was going to help the city. He knew we had to get involved. So that's what we have to do. We don't harp on that.
Video examples
The myth of the Sampo—...
But as her army readied for war, the bard played his magic harp, Kantele, entrancing all who heard it and sending Pohjola into a deep slumber. Unimpeded, the three men took the Sampo and quietly made their escape.
Video examples
What lives in ice? PIPE...
are a suite of seals that maybe half dozen of them that rely on sea ice either completely or partially for different stages of their lifecycle this harp seal is nursing its pup and polar
Video examples
The Harp Seal's Race...
This beautiful little animal, hello, is a harp seal pup. It was born here on the ice about four or five days ago judging by its size. It is totally helpless without mom right now.
Video examples
Black Women and the...
thank you so much for that we know that um uh francis allen uh watkins harper said that uh we're all bound up together and that for black women um
Video examples
David Doubilet &...
in the world of the harp seal. That's its umbilical there. A newborn. Three days old, with the mother in the back.
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Doris Lessing
English Writer
The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents were both badly damaged by the war. My father, physically, and both mentally and emotionally. So, I know exactly what it's like to be brought up in an atmosphere of a continual harping on the war.
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Orianthi
Australian Musician
Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers and bass players thought it was cool, but male guitar players said, 'It's a guy's thing. You should be doing something else, like playing the harp.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Think of what you are, you Christians. You are God's children; you are joint heirs with Christ. The 'many mansions' are for you; the palms and harps of the glorified are for you. You have a share in all that Christ has and is and shall be.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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Alla Nazimova
American Actress
The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Jameis Winston
American Athlete
The thing about this league that I've learned is that you can't really harp too much on your last game. The next game is the most important game and you've got to prepare for that.
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Joanna Newsom
American Musician
I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.
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Petrarch
Italian Poet
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Hattie McDaniel
American Actress
I've played everything but a harp.
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Doris Lessing
English Writer
The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents were both badly damaged by the war. My father, physically, and both mentally and emotionally. So, I know exactly what it's like to be brought up in an atmosphere of a continual harping on the war.
Quote examples
Orianthi
Australian Musician
Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers and bass players thought it was cool, but male guitar players said, 'It's a guy's thing. You should be doing something else, like playing the harp.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Think of what you are, you Christians. You are God's children; you are joint heirs with Christ. The 'many mansions' are for you; the palms and harps of the glorified are for you. You have a share in all that Christ has and is and shall be.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
Quote examples
Alla Nazimova
American Actress
The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
Quote examples
Jameis Winston
American Athlete
The thing about this league that I've learned is that you can't really harp too much on your last game. The next game is the most important game and you've got to prepare for that.
Quote examples
Joanna Newsom
American Musician
I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.
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Petrarch
Italian Poet
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Hattie McDaniel
American Actress
I've played everything but a harp.
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