carp

  • 41cArp — Must have a capital A substitute for crap. Since carp are crap fish, I figure the definition makes sense. Bits of road cArp and filth blew in her face as she drove down the interstate in a car without a windshield …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 42carp — 1. noun /ˈkɑːp,ˈkɑɹp/ Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. 2. verb /ˈkɑːp,ˈkɑɹp/ To complain about a fault; to harp on …

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  • 43carp — Synonyms and related words: bug, bully, bullyrag, carp at, catch at straws, cavil, complain, criticize, cut up, fault find, find fault, fret at, fuss at, gripe, hassle, henpeck, knock, nag, nibble at, niggle, nitpick, peck at, pester, pettifog,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 44carp — [14] and carp ‘criticize’ [13] are distinct words in English. The former comes from medieval Latin carpa, probably via Old French carpe, but the word is probably ultimately of Germanic origin. The verb, which originally simply meant ‘talk’, was a …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45carp — Misspelled version of the word crap. Most often seen in games when one must type fast, or be killed (again). Used to express distress and extreme displeasure. Carp, he killed me...again! …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 46carp — Misspelled version of the word crap. Most often seen in games when one must type fast, or be killed (again). Used to express distress and extreme displeasure. Carp, he killed me...again! …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 47carp — 1 verb (intransitive usually in progressive) to complain about something or criticize someone continually: Stop carping! 2 noun plural carp (C) a large fish that lives in lakes, pools, and rivers, which you can eat …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48carp — verb they could always find something to carp about Syn: complain, cavil, grumble, grouse, whine, bleat, nag; informal gripe, grouch, beef, bellyache, moan, bitch, whinge, kvetch Ant: praise …

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  • 49carp — I. /kap / (say kahp) verb (i) to find fault; cavil; complain unreasonably: *But Mamma said it was only high spirits, and you couldn t be always carping at children –henry handel richardson, 1929. {Middle English carpe(n), probably from Old Norse… …

  • 50carp — [14] and carp ‘criticize’ [13] are distinct words in English. The former comes from medieval Latin carpa, probably via Old French carpe, but the word is probably ultimately of Germanic origin. The verb, which originally simply meant ‘talk’, was a …

    Word origins