carp
nounEtymology
The verb is derived from Middle English carpen, karpe (“to chat, converse, talk; to chatter, gossip; to ask; to cry out, wail; to find fault, carp; to relate, tell; to recite; to sing”), and then partly: * from Old Norse karpa (“to boast, brag; to dispute, quarrel”), further etymology unknown; and * from, or influenced by, Latin carpere, the present active infinitive of carpō (“to harvest, pick, pluck; to criticize, revile, slander, carp at”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to harvest, pluck”). The noun is derived from the verb. (Middle English carp, karp (“conversation, discourse, talking; spoken or written message or statement; meaning; news; poem; song; story”), from Old Norse karp (“bragging”), did not survive into modern English.)
Definitions
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
- Like scaly carp and feathered swan To nature's world we do belong.
- Illinois took the initiative in renaming the Asian carp given the state’s position as a sort of “last stand” against the carp entering the Great Lakes.
To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons
To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil.
- Here agayne Seruetto carpeth, yͭ God did beare the perſon of an Angel. As thoughe the Prophete did not confirme that whiche Moſes had ſaied: why doeſt thou aſke me of my name?
- Enuie vvhy carpeſt thou my time is ſpent ſo ill, / And termſt my vvorkes fruites of an idle quill.
- [W]ith your good countenance protect against the malice of euill mouthes, vvhich are alvvaies vvide open to carpe at and miſconstrue my ſimple meaning.
To speak, to talk
To speak, to talk; also, to talk about a subject in speech or writing.
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To talk much but to little purpose
To talk much but to little purpose; to chatter, to prattle.
- And some of them barke, / Clatter and carpe / Of that heresy arte / Called Wicleuista, / The deuelysshe dogmatista; […]
- And therwithall came curiouſneſſe and carped out of frame. / The audience laught to heare the ſtrife as they beheld the ſame.
- Psha! thou carpest and carpest, and yet tell'st nought; in a word, What say'st thou to him?
Of a bird
Of a bird: to sing; of a person (such as a minstrel): to sing or recite.
- Hys hart is to hy to haue any hap; / But for in his gamut carp that he can, / Lo, Jak wold be a jentylman!
- Then aye he harped, and aye he carped, / Till a' the Lordlings footed the floor; / But an' the music was sae sweet, / The groom had nae mind o' the stable door.
To say or tell (something).
To find fault with (someone or something)
To find fault with (someone or something); to censure, to criticize.
- [W]hen I ſpoke, / My honeſt homely vvords vvere carp'd, and cenſur'd, / For vvant of Courtly ſtile: […]
An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for…
An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.
Initialism of Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, a Unificationist…
Initialism of Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, a Unificationist organization.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
Asian carp, bighead carp, black carp, carp bream, carpless, carplike, carp louse, carp pox, carpsucker, common carp, crucian carp, flying carp, German carp, grass carp, holy carp, Indian carp, invasive carp, Japanese crucian carp, koi, koi carp, leather carp, mirror carp, mud carp, Prussian carp, river carp, sabre carp, silver carp, toothcarp, carper, carping
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for carp. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA