Found 2 items, similar to Harping.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: harp harp n 1: 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 2: a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade 3: 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 [syn: harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp ] harp v 1: come back to; “Don't dwell on the past”; “She is always harping on the same old things” [syn: dwell] 2: play the harp; “She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Harping Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped (h[aum]rpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.] 1. To play on the harp. [1913 Webster] I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. “Harpings upon old themes.” --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Harping \Harp"ing\ (h[aum]rp"[i^]ng), a. Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]