harmonica

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har·mon·i·ca /hɑːˈmɒnɪkə $ hɑːrˈmɑː-/ noun [countable]   APMa small musical instrument that you play by blowing or sucking and moving it from side to side near your mouth 口琴 SYN mouth organ

Examples from the Corpus

harmonica• One starts playing a harmonica, the others form a circle.• That is a bluesy harmonica on the title track.• Power, a New Zealander, plays the blues harp and the chromatic harmonica.• She thought about playing her harmonica, but that seemed to be the one thing that wasn't in her bag.• He wheedles his harmonica - a horrible sound.• They ganged up on me and nicked my harmonica.• But he learned to play the harmonica wonderfully.• Brown learned to play guitar, violin, harmonica, piano, mandolin, viola and drums.Origin harmonica (1700-1800) Italian armonica, from Latin harmonia; → HARMONY

har·mon·i·ca nounChineseSyllable  

blowing you small instrument Corpus play musical that by a

harmonica
har‧mon‧i‧ca /hɑːˈmɒnɪkə $ hɑːrˈmɑː-/ noun [countable]
  a small musical instrument that you play by blowing or sucking and moving it from side to side near your mouth
   SYN  mouth organ

har·mon·icaBrE /hɑːˈmɒnɪkə/ 🔊NAmE /hɑːrˈmɑːnɪkə/ 🔊 (BrE also or NAmE, old-fashioned ˈmouth organ) nouna small musical instrument that you hold near your mouth and play by blowing or sucking air through it 口琴