carp (verb)

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• carp — Ⅰ. carp [1] ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a deep bodied freshwater fish, often kept in ponds and sometimes farmed for food. ORIGIN Latin carpa. Ⅱ. carp [2] ► VERB ▪ complain or find fault continually …   English terms dictionary

• carp — verb they could always find something to carp about Syn: complain, cavil, grumble, grouse, whine, bleat, nag; informal gripe, grouch, beef, bellyache, moan, bitch, whinge, kvetch Ant: praise …   Thesaurus of popular words

• carp — verb Syn: complain, find fault, quibble, grumble, grouse, whine; informal nit pick, gripe, moan, bitch, whinge Ant: praise …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• carp´like´ — carp1 «kahrp», verb, noun. –v.i. to find fault; complain: »We will not carp at this great writer (Matthew Arnold). No doubt every psychologist will find something to carp at a quibble over a definition or a complaint about an omission (New… …   Useful english dictionary

• carp´er — carp1 «kahrp», verb, noun. –v.i. to find fault; complain: »We will not carp at this great writer (Matthew Arnold). No doubt every psychologist will find something to carp at a quibble over a definition or a complaint about an omission (New… …   Useful english dictionary

• carp — I UK [kɑː(r)p] / US [kɑrp] noun [countable] Word forms carp : singular carp plural carp a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers II UK [kɑː(r)p] / US [kɑrp] verb [intransitive] Word forms carp : present tense I/you/we/they carp he/she/it carps …   English dictionary

• carp — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century to find fault or complain querulously • carper noun II. noun Date: 1904 complaint III …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• carp — carp1 [ karp ] (plural carp) noun count a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers carp carp 2 [ karp ] verb intransitive to complain a lot, especially about things that are not important …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• carp — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)p[/t]] carps, carping, carped (carp can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1.) 1) N VAR A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers. 2) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is carping, you mean that they keep …   English dictionary

• carp — 1. noun /ˈkɑːp,ˈkɑɹp/ Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. 2. verb /ˈkɑːp,ˈkɑɹp/ To complain about a fault; to harp on …   Wiktionary

• carp — [14] and carp ‘criticize’ [13] are distinct words in English. The former comes from medieval Latin carpa, probably via Old French carpe, but the word is probably ultimately of Germanic origin. The verb, which originally simply meant ‘talk’, was a …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins