carp
1to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
a peevish complaint.
Origin of carp
1Other words for carp
Other words from carp
- carper, noun
Other definitions for carp (2 of 4)
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 of carp
2Other definitions for -carp (3 of 4)
a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body: endocarp.
Origin of -carp
3Other definitions for carp. (4 of 4)
carpentry.
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How to use carp in a sentence
“Part of our responsibility is to vet nominees, not to kill nominees, not to hold them forever,” Carper said.
Alejandro Mayorkas’s DHS Nomination Held Up Over IG Investigation | Josh Rogin | July 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe IG office opened the investigation last September based on a referral from the FBI, but its progress is unclear, Carper said.
Alejandro Mayorkas’s DHS Nomination Held Up Over IG Investigation | Josh Rogin | July 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCarper described Allen as a “very fine person” and said either Lute or Allen would be fine.
Carper said Lute would get through the Senate quickly and easily.
“I think Jane Holl Lute would be a terrific candidate, and I urge the president to consider her,” Carper said.
We are far from sharing the opinion of a carper who remarked that, as sermons go, this volume is rather dear.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteAny carper can find the faults in a great work; it is only the enlightened who can discover all its merits.
Talks on the study of literature. | Arlo BatesCarper's four patterns of knowing serve as an organizing framework for asking epistemological questions of caring in nursing.
Nursing as Caring | Anne BoykinCarper's patterns of knowing offer a framework for organizing the content for studying this nursing situation.
Nursing as Caring | Anne BoykinThere has never been an age that has not had its carper to tell you of the wonders that once were.
Pike & Cutlass | George Gibbs
British Dictionary definitions for carp (1 of 3)
/ (kɑːp) /
(intr often foll by at) to complain or find fault; nag pettily
Origin of carp
1Derived forms of carp
- carper, noun
British Dictionary definitions for carp (2 of 3)
/ (kɑːp) /
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
any other fish of the family Cyprinidae; a cyprinid
Origin of carp
2Other words from carp
- Related adjectives: cyprinid, cyprinoid
British Dictionary definitions for -carp (3 of 3)
(in botany) fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into a particular part of the fruit: epicarp
Origin of -carp
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