• a musical instrument consisting of a frame supporting a graduated series of parallel strings, played by plucking with the fingers. The modern orchestral harp has an upright frame, with pedals which enable the strings to be retuned to different keys

• a marine mollusc which has a large vertically ribbed shell with a wide aperture, found chiefly in the Indo-Pacific

• talk or write persistently and tediously on (a particular topic)

Synonyms: keep on about, persist in talking about, keep talking about, labour the point about, dwell on, expatiate on, elaborate on, expound on, make an issue of, discuss something at length

• play on a harp