carp
(kɑːʳp )
Word forms: carps , carping , carped language note: carp can also be used as the plural form for meaning [sense 1].
1. variable noun
A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
2. verb [Also V about]
If you say that someone is carping, you mean that they keep criticizing or complaining about someone or something, especially in a way you think is unnecessary or annoying. [disapproval]
He cannot understand why she's constantly carping at him. [VERB + at]
This was the man whom other trainers love to carp about. [V at/about n]
Synonyms: find fault, complain, beef [slang], criticize
carping uncountable noun
She was in no mood to put up with Blanche's carping.
Synonyms: fault-finding, critical, nagging, picky [informal]
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Collocations:
carp fishing
We know from the first flat vowel that it's going to be boring technical instructions: probably about boilers, or carp fishing.
Times, Sunday Times
Enthusiasts, though, see bait boats as a natural extension of the way other technologies have been used in carp fishing.
Times, Sunday Times
Outdoors, take your pick from carp fishing in the lake, discovering the beautiful county by bike or foot, bowls on the sunken bowling green or tennis and croquet.
The Sun
Is it true you're into carp fishing?
Times, Sunday Times
The complexity of all that gear, and the embedded commercialism used to describe it, are typical of the way that carp fishing has developed.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 鲤鱼
Japanese: コイ