carped; carping; carps
: to find fault or complain querulously
carper
noun
plural carp or carps
1
: a large variable Eurasian soft-finned freshwater cyprinid fish (Cyprinus carpio) of sluggish waters that is often raised for food and has been widely introduced into U.S. waters
also
: any of various related cyprinid fishes (such as the grass carp)
2
: a fish (such as the European sea bream) resembling a carp
: part of a fruit
mesocarp
: fruit
schizocarp
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Examples of carp in a Sentence
Verb
He's always carping about his boss.
He's tired of always being carped at by his critics.
Noun (1)
the usual carp about that restaurant is that the service is slow
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Jeff Black Los Angeles :: Respectfully, the fans carping about coach DeShaun Foster after three games of a predictably difficult season are missing an essential point.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s a lot researchers still don’t know, like how many giant salmon carp actually exist or where those populations reside.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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Verb
This boost in fandom’s age and status possibly explains its current sense of privilege, its tendency to carp and cavil rather than contribute or create.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Jeff Black Los Angeles :: Respectfully, the fans carping about coach DeShaun Foster after three games of a predictably difficult season are missing an essential point.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Noun
The Mekong ecosystem is threatened by human activity, including overfishing, climate change, sand mining and the construction of hydropower dams that severely impede migratory species and could impact the giant salmon carp.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s a lot researchers still don’t know, like how many giant salmon carp actually exist or where those populations reside.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Carp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carp. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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