Carp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object)
  1. to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
noun
  1. a peevish complaint.
noun, plural (especially collectively) 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.
  1. a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body: endocarp.
abbreviation
  1. carpentry.
verb
  1. to complain or find fault; nag pettily
noun plural carp or 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
n combining form
  1. (in botany) fruit or a reproductive structure that develops into a particular part of the fruit
Carp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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