jew's harp

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsjews' harpmouth bow

   Broadermusical instrument

Questions about jew's harp

What does jew's harp mean?

jew's harp means "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".

What is another word for jew's harp?

Close synonyms include jews' harp, mouth bow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.