CARP

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
v.

To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert.

3.
v.

To say; to tell. [Obs.]

4.
v.

To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] Dryden.

5.
n.

A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.

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