Carp

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·pl of Carp.

II. Carp ·vt To find fault with; to Censure.

III. Carp ·vt To Say; to Tell.

IV. Carp ·vi To Talk; to Speak; to Prattle.

V. Carp ·vi To find fault; to Cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly;

— usually followed by at.

VI. Carp ·noun A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. ·see Cruclan carp.

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