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carping

verb

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of carp

  2. complaining excessively.

    • However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a guinea one must not be too carping.

  3. Excessive complaining.

    • “Oh, stop your carping, Dawn!” I told myself. “You can't expect charming tones, and Oriental do-dads and apple trees in a German boarding-house.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA