[kahrp] 
| 1. | to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors. |
| 2. | a peevish complaint. |
[kahrp] ) 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. |
| a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body: endocarp. |
| 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.] |