harping

Also har·pin

[hahr-ping]

noun

Shipbuilding.

1. any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.

Other Word Forms

• unharping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of harping¹

1620–30; perhaps harp + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"We need reinforcements, but I don't want to keep harping on about it. I don't need to beg for players that we need."

From BBC

Fetterman might have his vacation top of mind, but other Pennsylvania Democrats are still harping on the potential harm of the bill.

From Salon

Will, who works for an environmental nonprofit, argues that humans won’t be able to recycle their way out of the crisis and that harping on personal responsibility only lets corporate perpetrators off the hook.

From Los Angeles Times

The answer is that Republicans’ endless harping on patriotism has been a performative camouflage and effective inoculation against un-American acts.

From Salon

When Dolores finally learns Vera has bequeathed her the entire estate, instead of expressing wistful gratitude, she breaks into a rage: “B***h! That malicious, high-flown, harping b***h.”

From Salon

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