harmonica
noun
har·mon·i·ca
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Definition of harmonica
1
: glass harmonica
2
: a small rectangular wind instrument with free reeds recessed in air slots from which tones are sounded by exhaling and inhaling
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Other Words from harmonica
harmonicist
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Examples of harmonica in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In 1966, Pop left Ann Arbor for Chicago, and, through Erlewine’s connections, got a gig playing with Big Walter Horton, a harmonica virtuoso who had moved to Chicago from Memphis in the nineteen-fifties. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, "The Survival of Iggy Pop," 26 Aug. 2019 The Grammy-winning keyboardist, formerly of Maroon 5, shared an Instagram video of Wonder accompanying him on the harmonica. — Paula Rogo, Essence, "Stevie Wonder joins PJ Morton For A Jam Session!," 11 Aug. 2019 Songs on The Nukes song list Godfrey doubles on harmonica became some of Gallaher's favorite to perform. — Matt Wake | [email protected], al.com, "The ‘other guy’ in an iconic Huntsville band," 18 June 2019 This suspicion was fueled in part by the pioneering work of Jim Allison, a harmonica-playing Texas immunology researcher. — Charles Graeber, WIRED, "How Scientists Built a ‘Living Drug’ to Beat Cancer," 25 July 2019 Jay played keyboards, percussion, bass, harmonica and sang, and wrote or co-wrote many of Crowbar's songs. — Karen Bliss, Billboard, "Crowbar's Kelly Jay, Co-Writer of Canadian Classic 'Oh, What a Feeling,' Dies Following a Stroke," 21 June 2019 When people talk about harmonica virtuosos, John Popper of Blues Traveler is among the first names that pop up. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Jam band moe. and Blues Traveler at the Oakdale," 12 July 2019 Wonder learned to play piano, drums and harmonica by age nine and signed to Motown in 1961. — Amir Vera, CNN, "Stevie Wonder announces he'll be having kidney surgery during London concert," 6 July 2019 Nelson infused beautiful guitar licks across much of his hour-long closing set, matched by little sister Bobbie's swinging saloon piano and Mickey Raphael's sweet harmonica fills, and contrasted by Nelson's signature plain-spoken delivery. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "7 takeaways from Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival at Summerfest," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'harmonica.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for harmonica
harmonica
noun
English Language Learners Definition of harmonica
: a small musical instrument that is played with your mouth
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harmonica
noun
har·mon·i·ca
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Kids Definition of harmonica
: a small musical instrument held in the hand and played by the mouth
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