carp

1 [kahrp]
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.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English carpen to speak, prate < Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle

carp·er, noun


1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
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carp

2 [kahrp]
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

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to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate.

-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

carp.

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carp1 (kɑːp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl carp, carps
1.  a freshwater teleost food fish, Cyprinus carpio, having a body covered with cycloid scales, a naked head, one long dorsal fin, and two barbels on each side of the mouth: family Cyprinidae
2.  any other fish of the family Cyprinidae; a cyprinid
 
Related: cyprinid, cyprinoid
 
[C14: from Old French carpe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German karpfo, Old Norse karfi]

carp2 (kɑːp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb (often foll by at)
to complain or find fault; nag pettily
 
[C13: from Old Norse karpa to boast; related to Latin carpere to pluck]
 
'carper2
 
n

-carp
 
n combining form
(in botany) fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into a particular part of the fruit: epicarp
 
[from New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos fruit]

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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.

carp
"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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
carp.
  1. carpenter

  2. carpentry

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Example sentences
The critters-a profusion of different varieties and sizes from tiny turtle to
  giant carp-must make do with close quarters.
With diligence and perseverance anything is possible, for carp as well as for
  collectors.
The feeding cycle of the paddlefish is slower than that of the carp.
Praying mantises on the tile roof by the carp pond and garden at this night's
  ryokan.
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