"Jew's harp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Jew's harps [plural]
Etymology: The word harp is often applied to a wide variety of instruments in English, including many (such as this one) that are not "harps" in the most specific sense. The origin of Jew's is uncertain, it is widely accepted that the instrument has no musicological or etymological connection with Jews and the word was capitalized due to the mistaken belief of a connection. Some have connected it to the Cleveland dialectal gew-gaw, related to the Old Norse giga, compare modern Swedish giga, Danish gige, German Geige (“fiddle”). Others have suggested a connection with jaws, the synonym jaw harp may have therefore come first. Other theories point to French jeu-trompe (literally “toy-trumpet”), compare Jew's-trump. Etymology templates: {{m|en|harp}} harp, {{m|en||Jew's}} Jew's, {{m|en|gew-gaw}} gew-gaw, {{cog|non|giga}} Old Norse giga, {{cog|sv|giga}} Swedish giga, {{cog|da|gige}} Danish gige, {{cog|de|Geige|t=fiddle}} German Geige (“fiddle”), {{m|en|jaws}} jaws, {{m|en|jaw harp}} jaw harp, {{cog|fr|jeu-trompe|lit=toy-trumpet}} French jeu-trompe (literally “toy-trumpet”), {{m|en|Jew's-trump}} Jew's-trump Head templates: {{en-noun}} Jew's harp (plural Jew's harps)
  1. A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones. Wikipedia link: Cleveland, England, Jew's harp Categories (topical): Musical instruments Derived forms: Jew's harpist Translations (musical instrument): trompie (Afrikaans), lubuw (Atayal), lubux (Atayal), ҡумыҙ (qumıź) (Bashkir), musugitarra (Basque), kolibau (Binongan Itneg), aroding (Brooke's Point Palawano), дръмбой (drǎmboj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), arpa de boca [feminine] (Catalan), guimbarda [feminine] (Catalan), aroding (Central Palawano), 口簧琴 (kǒuhuángqín) (Chinese Mandarin), 口弦 (kǒuxián) (Chinese Mandarin), riberbula [feminine] (Corsican), brumle [feminine] (Czech), yori (Da'a Kaili), jødeharpe [common-gender] (Danish), mundharpe [common-gender] (Danish), mondharp [feminine] (Dutch), parmupill (Estonian), munniharppu (Finnish), suuharppu (Finnish), märistysrauta (Finnish), guimbarde [feminine] (French), campurgne [feminine] (French), trompa [feminine] (Galician), berimbau [masculine] (Galician), Maultrommel [feminine] (German), Mundtrommel [feminine] (German), Maulgeige [feminine] (German), Brummeisen [neuter] (German), Judenharfe [feminine] (German), ʻukeke (Hawaiian), נבל פה (nevel pe) (Hebrew), doromb (Hungarian), gyðingaharpa [feminine] (Icelandic), kjálkaharpa [feminine] (Icelandic), munntromma [feminine] (Icelandic), trumpa (Irish), scacciapensieri (Italian), 口琴 (kōkin) (Japanese), ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ (mōrsiṅg) (Kannada), шаңқобыз (şañqobyz) (Kazakh), vargāns (Latvian), yori (Ledo Kaili), dambrelis (Lithuanian), brumejza [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), дромбула (drombula) [feminine] (Macedonian), kubing (Maguindanao), kobing (Maranao), хэл хуур (xel xuur) (Mongolian), аман хуур (aman xuur) (Mongolian), marranzano [masculine] (Neapolitan), munnharpe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), munnharpe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زنبورک (zanburak) (Persian), brącai̯kə [feminine] (Polabian), drumla [feminine] (Polish), harpa de boca [feminine] (Portuguese), drâmbă [feminine] (Romanian), варга́н (vargán) [masculine] (Russian), хомус (xomus) [masculine] (Russian), дромбуља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), брунда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), drombulja [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brunda [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), marranzanu [masculine] (Sicilian), gangalarruni [masculine] (Sicilian), jancalarruni [masculine] (Sicilian), drumbľa [feminine] (Slovak), dromlja [feminine] (Slovene), комус (komus) (Southern Altai), aroding (Southwest Palawano), arpa de boca [feminine] (Spanish), guimbarda [feminine] (Spanish), birimbao [masculine] (Spanish), torompe [Argentina, Chile, masculine] (Spanish), mungiga [common-gender] (Swedish), munharpa [common-gender] (Swedish), birimbaw (Tagalog), மோர்சிங் (mōrciṅ) (Tamil), karombi (Toraja-Sa'dan), ağız kopuzu (Turkish), хомус (xomus) (Tuvan), дримба (drymba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), варґа́н (vargán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), yori (Unde Kaili), đàn môi (Vietnamese), mudatrum (Volapük), sturmant (Welsh), rab ncas (White Hmong), ore-ore mbondu (Wolio), ore Ngkale (Wolio), kulaing (Yakan), хомус (qomus) (Yakut)

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kǒuhuángqín",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "口簧琴"
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          "roman": "kǒuxián",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "jødeharpe"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mondharp"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "parmupill"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "munniharppu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "suuharppu"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "märistysrauta"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "guimbarde"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "campurgne"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trompa"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "berimbau"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Maultrommel"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Mundtrommel"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Maulgeige"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Brummeisen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Judenharfe"
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          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ʻukeke"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nevel pe",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "נבל פה"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "doromb"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "gyðingaharpa"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kjálkaharpa"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "munntromma"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "trumpa"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "scacciapensieri"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "口琴"
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          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "mōrsiṅg",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şañqobyz",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "шаңқобыз"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "vargāns"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "dambrelis"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "drombula",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "word": "marranzano"
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "word": "munnharpe"
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "plw",
          "lang": "Brooke's Point Palawano",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "aroding"
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        {
          "code": "plc",
          "lang": "Central Palawano",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
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          "code": "plv",
          "lang": "Southwest Palawano",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zanburak",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "زنبورک"
        },
        {
          "code": "pox",
          "lang": "Polabian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brącai̯kə"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drumla"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "harpa de boca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drâmbă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vargán",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "варга́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xomus",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хомус"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дромбуља"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "брунда"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drombulja"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brunda"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marranzanu"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gangalarruni"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jancalarruni"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drumbľa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dromlja"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brumejza"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "komus",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "комус"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "arpa de boca"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guimbarda"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "birimbao"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Chile",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "torompe"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "mungiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "munharpa"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "birimbaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "mōrciṅ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "மோர்சிங்"
        },
        {
          "code": "sda",
          "lang": "Toraja-Sa'dan",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "karombi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ağız kopuzu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "xomus",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "хомус"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "drymba",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дримба"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vargán",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "варґа́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "đàn môi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "mudatrum"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "sturmant"
        },
        {
          "code": "mww",
          "lang": "White Hmong",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "rab ncas"
        },
        {
          "code": "wlo",
          "lang": "Wolio",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ore-ore mbondu"
        },
        {
          "code": "wlo",
          "lang": "Wolio",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ore Ngkale"
        },
        {
          "code": "yka",
          "lang": "Yakan",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "kulaing"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "qomus",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "хомус"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Cleveland, England",
        "Jew's harp"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jew's harp"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Jew's harpist"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "harp"
      },
      "expansion": "harp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Jew's"
      },
      "expansion": "Jew's",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gew-gaw"
      },
      "expansion": "gew-gaw",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "giga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse giga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "giga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish giga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gige"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gige",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Geige",
        "t": "fiddle"
      },
      "expansion": "German Geige (“fiddle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jaws"
      },
      "expansion": "jaws",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jaw harp"
      },
      "expansion": "jaw harp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "jeu-trompe",
        "lit": "toy-trumpet"
      },
      "expansion": "French jeu-trompe (literally “toy-trumpet”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jew's-trump"
      },
      "expansion": "Jew's-trump",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The word harp is often applied to a wide variety of instruments in English, including many (such as this one) that are not \"harps\" in the most specific sense. The origin of Jew's is uncertain, it is widely accepted that the instrument has no musicological or etymological connection with Jews and the word was capitalized due to the mistaken belief of a connection. Some have connected it to the Cleveland dialectal gew-gaw, related to the Old Norse giga, compare modern Swedish giga, Danish gige, German Geige (“fiddle”). Others have suggested a connection with jaws, the synonym jaw harp may have therefore come first. Other theories point to French jeu-trompe (literally “toy-trumpet”), compare Jew's-trump.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jew's harps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Jew's harp (plural Jew's harps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Binongan Itneg terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Toraja-Sa'dan terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Yakan terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Yakut terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Musical instruments"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 70",
          "text": "The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of \"Yankee Doodle,\" \"Hail Columbia,\" \"St. Patrick's Day,\" and \"Auld Lang Syne.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "overtone",
          "overtone"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Cleveland, England",
        "Jew's harp"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "guimbarde"
    },
    {
      "word": "mouth harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "mouth organ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jew's-trump and trump"
    },
    {
      "word": "Judaic harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jewsharp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jewes harp"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "Jewes-harp"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "Jewes harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jew harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jews'-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jews' harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jews'-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jew's-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jews harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jew's harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jews harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jews-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jews-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "juice harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jaw harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jaw's harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jaws harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jaws' harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jaws'-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "jaws-harp"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jaws-harp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "trompie"
    },
    {
      "code": "tay",
      "lang": "Atayal",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "lubuw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tay",
      "lang": "Atayal",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "lubux"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qumıź",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ҡумыҙ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "musugitarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "itb",
      "lang": "Binongan Itneg",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kolibau"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drǎmboj",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дръмбой"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arpa de boca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guimbarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǒuhuángqín",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "口簧琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǒuxián",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "口弦"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riberbula"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brumle"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jødeharpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mundharpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mondharp"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "parmupill"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "munniharppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "suuharppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "märistysrauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guimbarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "campurgne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trompa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "berimbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Maultrommel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mundtrommel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Maulgeige"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brummeisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Judenharfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ʻukeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nevel pe",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "נבל פה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "doromb"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gyðingaharpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kjálkaharpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "munntromma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "trumpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "scacciapensieri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkin",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "口琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "kzf",
      "lang": "Da'a Kaili",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "yori"
    },
    {
      "code": "lew",
      "lang": "Ledo Kaili",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "yori"
    },
    {
      "code": "unz",
      "lang": "Unde Kaili",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "yori"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "mōrsiṅg",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ಮೋರ್ಸಿಂಗ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şañqobyz",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "шаңқобыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "vargāns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "dambrelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "drombula",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дромбула"
    },
    {
      "code": "mdh",
      "lang": "Maguindanao",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kubing"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrw",
      "lang": "Maranao",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kobing"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xel xuur",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "хэл хуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "aman xuur",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "аман хуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marranzano"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "munnharpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "munnharpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "plw",
      "lang": "Brooke's Point Palawano",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "aroding"
    },
    {
      "code": "plc",
      "lang": "Central Palawano",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "aroding"
    },
    {
      "code": "plv",
      "lang": "Southwest Palawano",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "aroding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zanburak",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "زنبورک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pox",
      "lang": "Polabian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brącai̯kə"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drumla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "harpa de boca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drâmbă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vargán",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "варга́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xomus",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хомус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дромбуља"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брунда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drombulja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marranzanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gangalarruni"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jancalarruni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drumbľa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dromlja"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brumejza"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "komus",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "комус"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arpa de boca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guimbarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "birimbao"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arpa de boca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torompe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mungiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "munharpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "birimbaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "mōrciṅ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "மோர்சிங்"
    },
    {
      "code": "sda",
      "lang": "Toraja-Sa'dan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "karombi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ağız kopuzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "xomus",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "хомус"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "drymba",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дримба"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vargán",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "варґа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "đàn môi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "mudatrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sturmant"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "rab ncas"
    },
    {
      "code": "wlo",
      "lang": "Wolio",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ore-ore mbondu"
    },
    {
      "code": "wlo",
      "lang": "Wolio",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ore Ngkale"
    },
    {
      "code": "yka",
      "lang": "Yakan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kulaing"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "qomus",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "хомус"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jew's harp"
}

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