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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024carp•ing (kär′ping),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding;
querulous:carping criticism.
n. - petty faultfinding.
- 1275–1325; Middle English (noun, nominal); see carp1, -ing2, -ing1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈcarping /ˈkɑːpɪŋ/ adj - tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
ˈcarpingly adv carp1 /kɑrp/USA pronunciation v. - to find fault;
complain without a good reason: [no object; often: ~ + at + object]He's always carping at his employees.[ ~ + that clause]:forever carping that we waste paper clips.
carp2 /kɑrp/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) carp, (esp. for kinds or species) carps. - Fisha large freshwater fish widely used as a food fish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024carp1 (kärp),USA pronunciation v.i. - to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably;
be niggling in criticizing;
cavil:to carp at minor errors.
n. - a peevish complaint.
- Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle
- Middle English carpen to speak, prate 1200–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
carp2 (kärp),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) carp, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) carps. - Fisha large freshwater cyprinid fish, Cyprinus carpio, native to Asia but widely introduced in tropical and temperate waters: an important food fish in many countries.
- Fishany of various other fishes of the family Cyprinidae.
- Middle Dutch or Middle Low German karpe; cognate with Old High German karpfo
- Middle French
- Middle English carpe 1350–1400
- a combining form occurring in compounds that denote a part of a fruit or fruiting body:endocarp.
- Greek -karpion, derivative of karpós fruit
- Neo-Latin -carpium
- carpentry.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carp /kɑːp/ vb - (intransitive) often followed by at: to complain or find fault; nag pettily
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse karpa to boast; related to Latin carpere to pluckˈcarper n carp /kɑːp/ n ( pl carp, carps)- 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
- any other fish of the family Cyprinidae; a cyprinid
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French carpe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German karpfo, Old Norse karfi |