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Definition: Jew's Harp |
Jew's HarpNoun1. A small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity Jew-baiter n : someone who hates and would persecute Jews. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | From Jew, a Hebrew, and Harp, a musical instrument, the Jew's musical instrument--being a "Sell low!" (Old spelling, Cello). Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Fine Arts | An instrument of music usually made of iron and played by placing against the slightly separated front teeth its two parallel jaws, between which a steel tongue is made to vibrate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Jew's HarpSynonyms: anti-Semite (n), jews' harp (n), mouth bow (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "Jew's harp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vargan (caravan, cavalcade, convoy, procession, train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قيثارة رديئة (rattletrap), عربة قديمة (rattletrap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бръмбазък, драмбой. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | brnkaèka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | guimbarde (Jews' harp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפוחית פ" (harmonica, mouth organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | doromb. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trumpey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ew'sjay arphay гармоника (accordion, harmonic, harmonica), варган. (various references) tromb (the Jew's harp). (various references) drombulja. (various references) birimbao (jew's-car). (various references) mungiga. (various references) ağız tamburası. (various references) варган. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-e-h-j-p-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: prewash. | |
-3 letters: hawser, japers, jasper, pawers, phrase, raphes, rewash, seraph, shaper, sherpa, washer. | |
-4 letters: apers, apres, asper, ephas, hajes, hares, harps, hawse, heaps, hears, japer, japes, pares, parse, pawer, pears, phase, prase, presa, pshaw, rajes, rapes, raphe, reaps, resaw, rheas, sawer, sewar, shape, share, sharp, shear, shrew, spare, spear, sware, swear, wares, warps. | |
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