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verb (used without object)
1.
to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
noun
2.
a peevish complaint.
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Carp
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| no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning; no longer in existence |
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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English carpen to speak, prate < Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle
1200–50; Middle English carpen to speak, prate < Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle
Related forms
carp·er, noun
Synonyms
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
Example Sentences
- Praying mantises on the tile roof by the carp pond and garden at this night's ryokan.
- With diligence and perseverance anything is possible, for carp as well as for collectors.
- Carp in the office of the chairman at the end of year.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun, plural (especially collectively) carp, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) carps.
1.
a large freshwater cyprinid fish, Cyprinus carpio, native to Asia but widely introduced in tropical and temperate waters: an important food fish in many countries.
2.
any of various other fishes of the family Cyprinidae.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English carpe < Middle French < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German karpe; cognate with Old High German karpfo
1350–1400; Middle English carpe < Middle French < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German karpe; cognate with Old High German karpfo
-carp
a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body: endocarp.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin -carpium < Greek -karpion, derivative of karpós fruit
< Neo-Latin -carpium < Greek -karpion, derivative of karpós fruit
carp.
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Word Origin & History
carp
"fish," 1393, from O.Fr. carpe, from V.L. carpa (c.575), possibly from Gothic *karpa. A Danube fish (hence the E.Gmc. origin of its name), introduced in Eng. ponds 14c.
EXPANDcarp
"complain," c.1240, from O.N. karpa "to brag," of unknown origin; meaning turned toward "find fault," probably by infl. of L. carpere "to slander, revile," lit. "to pluck" (see harvest).
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