carp 1 
(kärp)
(kärp)intr.v. carped, carp·ing, carps
To complain or find fault in a petty or disagreeable way: carped about the poor service at the restaurant. See Synonyms at quibble.
[Middle English carpen, from Old Norse karpa, to boast.]
carper n.
- take shape
- take sick
- take sides
- take (someone) down a peg
- take someone down a peg
- take (someone's) life
- take someone's life
- take (someone's) part
- take someone's part
- take (someone's) word for it
- take someone's word for it
- take (someone) to the woodshed
- take someone to the woodshed
- take stock
- take stock in
- take ten
- take the bench
- take the bit in one's teeth
- take the body
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the count
- take the fall
- take the fall/hit
- take the field