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carp

[kahrp]

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verb (used without object)

to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.

noun

a peevish complaint.

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Origin:
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.

Example Sentences

Carp in the office of the chairman at the end of year.

One way to deal with that is to carp about the flavors, textures, and composition of that which you are required to consume.

Often she continued to lurk, roiling the mud to conceal herself and basking in her own scaled beauty, as carp will.

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Carp in the office of the chairman at the end of year.

One way to deal with that is to carp about the flavors, textures, and composition of that which you are required to consume.

Often she continued to lurk, roiling the mud to conceal herself and basking in her own scaled beauty, as carp will.

The feeding cycle of the paddlefish is slower than that of the carp.

Carp were brought here to be farmed, or to solve other problems.

But the utterly addictive exercise will give you a growing appreciation for the verb carp.

The crucian carp is not only the first fish on the list but also the first vertebrate reported to have such abilities.

With diligence and perseverance anything is possible, for carp as well as for collectors.

Earlier, in the spring, the farmers had put carp fingerlings into the fields with the planting.

Landscapers built a lagoon for koi carp and swans that would be sustained with reclaimed wastewater generated by guests.

Residents say algae-eating silver carp introduced with great fanfare this year have died.

Asian carp spring from the water at velocities known to knock people out and break noses.

But his communist past could count against him, and nationalists carp at his ethnic-German roots.

Hit the spa with this hippo and get the royal treatment from cleaner carp.

Japan can monetize the debt all it wants or as long as the carp lives and becomes fat in its ponds.

He has found retailers who will buy all the carp he can catch.

But these species, such as carp and gobies, compete with and feed upon native species.

Praying mantises on the tile roof by the carp pond and garden at this night's ryokan.

Outside investors on occasion carp about corporate governance.

Imamura has any number of opportunities to stage shots near the carp, through the carp tank and from the carp's point of view.

Also outstanding are dumplings, honey-glazed spareribs, chicken with walnuts in brown sauce and braised whole carp with bean curd.

They are stocked with a plethora of fat carp that are believed to be sacred:.

Carp cleared the bases with a deep double to center.

Weber's large watercolor washes of a cluster of toads and of carp in a stream are vivified by her deft, fluid hand.

The lake is home to a vicious breed of carp grown giant by constant gorging on food refuse.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun, plural (especially collectively) carp, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) carps.

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.

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

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

carpentry.

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World English Dictionary

carp¹ (kɑːp)

—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)

—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

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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.

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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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