carp Definition

carp¹
noun carps, carp

1. A deep-bodied freshwater fish, found mainly in warm shallow waters of slow-flowing rivers and large lakes, which has two pairs of sensory barbels under its mouth.
2. Any of various freshwater fishes found worldwide and characterized by soft fins and a sucker-like mouth.

Etymology: 15c: from French carpe, from Latin carpa.

---

carp²
verb

intr
carped, carping
1. To complain, find fault or criticize, especially unnecessarily.

Thesaurus: complain, criticize, reproach,cavil, fault, censure, quibble, nag, scold; Antonym: praise.
Form: carp at someone (often)
Form: carp at something

Derivative: carper
noun

Derivative: carping
adj, noun

Derivative: carpingly
adverb

Etymology: 16c in this sense; 13c in obsolete sense ‘to speak': from Norse karpa to boast or dispute.