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carp1 noun (carps or carp) 1 a deep-bodied freshwater fish, found mainly in warm shallow waters of slow-flowing rivers and large lakes, which has two pairs of sensory barbels under its mouth. 2 any of various freshwater fishes found worldwide and characterized by soft fins and a sucker-like mouth.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from French carpe, from Latin carpa.
carp2 verb (carped, carping) intrans (often carp at someone or something) to complain, find fault or criticize, especially unnecessarily. carper noun. carping adj, noun. carpingly adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c in this sense; 13c in obsolete sense 'to speak': from Norse karpa to boast or dispute.
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