Carp Definition

kärp
carped, carping, carps
verb
carped, carping, carps
To complain or find fault in a petty or nagging way.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
carps
Any of various often edible, freshwater cyprinoid fishes found all over the world, including the goldfish: a carp (Cyprinus carpio) is harvested for food in Europe and Asia.
Webster's New World
Any of various fishes of the family Cyprinidae.
American Heritage

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
suffix
Fruit; part of a fruit; fruitlike structure.
Mesocarp.
American Heritage
affix
Fruit.
Endocarp.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Carp

Noun

Singular:
carp
Plural:
carps

Origin of Carp

  • New Latin -carpium from Greek -karpion from karpos fruit kerp- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English carpe from Old French carpe from Medieval Latin carpa of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic * (karpa).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English carpen from Old Norse karpa to boast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse karpa (“to boast”), karp (“bragging”).

    From Wiktionary

  • ModL < Gr karpos: see harvest

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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