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carp
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[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; ME carpen to speak, prate < ON karpa to brag, wrangle
1200–50; ME carpen to speak, prate < ON karpa to brag, wrangle
Related forms:
carper, noun
Synonyms:
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
carp
2 [kahrp] –noun, plural (especially collectively) carp, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) carps.
) 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; ME carpe < MF < MD or MLG karpe; c. OHG karpfo
1350–1400; ME carpe < MF < MD or MLG karpe; c. OHG karpfo
-carp
| a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body: endocarp. |
Origin:
< NL -carpium < Gk -karpion, deriv. of karpós fruit
< NL -carpium < Gk -karpion, deriv. of karpós fruit
carp.
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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. |
| carp 2 (kärp) n. pl. carp or carps
[Middle English carpe, from Old French carpe, from Medieval Latin carpa, of Germanic origin.] |
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Carp
Carp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped; p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert.Carp
Carp\, v. t. 1. To say; to tell. [Obs.] 2. To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] --Dryden.Carp
Carp\, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo["o]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. Carp louse (Zo["o]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura. Carp mullet (Zo["o]l.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. Carp sucker (Zo["o]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.
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Language Translation for : carp
Spanish:
carpa,
German:
der Karpfen,
Japanese:
鯉
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.
carp (v.)
"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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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