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carp

1  [kahrp]
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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.
Origin:
1200–50; ME carpen to speak, prate < ON karpa to brag, wrangle

Related forms:
carper, noun

Synonyms:
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
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carp 1   (kärp)   
intr.v.   carped, carp·ing, carps
To find fault in a disagreeable way; complain fretfully. See Synonyms at quibble.
n.  A fretful complaint.

[Middle English carpen, from Old Norse karpa, to boast.]
carp'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

carp  (n.)
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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