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CARP
carp
(noun) any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
carp
(noun) the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
cavil, carp, chicane
(verb) raise trivial objections
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Carp (plural Carps)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carp is the 31960th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 722 individuals. Carp is most common among White (94.04%) individuals.
Anagrams
• ACPR, APCR, CRAP, RCAP, crap, parc, prac
Etymology 1
Noun
carp (plural carp or carps)
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
Etymology 2
Verb
carp (third-person singular simple present carps, present participle carping, simple past and past participle carped)
To complain about a fault; to harp on.
(obsolete) To say; to tell.
(obsolete, transitive) To find fault with; to censure.
Anagrams
• ACPR, APCR, CRAP, RCAP, crap, parc, prac
Proper noun
CARP
Initialism of Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, a Unificationist organization.
Anagrams
• ACPR, APCR, CRAP, RCAP, crap, parc, prac
Source: Wiktionary
Carp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped; p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] Etym: [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]
1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. 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.
Carp, v. t.
1. To say; to tell. [Obs.]
2. To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] Dryden.
Carp, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. Etym: [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. Carp louse (Zoƶl.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura.
– Carp mullet (Zoƶl.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers.
– Carp sucker (Zoƶl.), a name given to several species of fresh- water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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