Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A freshwater cyprinid fish (Cyprinus carpio) native to Eurasia that is widely bred in ponds for food.
- noun Any of various fishes of the family Cyprinidae.
- intransitive verb To complain or find fault in a petty or disagreeable way: synonym: quibble.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To speak; tell.
- To talk; babble; chatter.
- To censure, cavil, or find fault, particularly without reason or petulantly: used absolutely or followed by at.
- To utter; speak.
- To blame; find fault with; chide.
- noun A name of various fishes of the genus Chilodactylus in Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. These fishes are not related to the European carp, which is a cyprinoid fish.
- noun Speech; talk; conversation.
- To prepare teazels for the napping-machine for dressing woolen cloth.
- noun A teleostean fish of the family Cyprinidæ, Cyprinus carpio.
- noun A fish related to the common carp.
- noun A name on the northeast coast of Ireland for the common sea-bream, Pagellus centrodontus.
- noun An English name of the opah.
- noun In the United States, a carp-sucker; a catostomoid fish of the subfamily Ictiobinæ and genus Carpiodes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To talk; to speak; to prattle.
- intransitive verb To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
at . - transitive verb obsolete To say; to tell.
- transitive verb obsolete To find fault with; to censure.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (
Cyprinus carpio .). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are calledcarp . Seecruclan carp . - noun (Zoöl.) a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See
Branchiura . - noun (Zoöl.) a fish (
Moxostoma carpio ) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. - noun (Zoöl.) a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
freshwater fish of the familyCyprinidae , especially thecommon carp , Cyprinus carpio. - verb To
complain about afault ; toharp on.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- verb raise trivial objections
- noun any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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No I'm not kidding, on a worldwide basis, the carp is the most prized quarry.
For the Love of Carp Tim Romano 2007
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So the carp is the #1 piscatorial prize in the rest of the world?
For the Love of Carp Tim Romano 2007
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If we can get past the name 'carp' and the perception ... we can prove this is going to be a highly nutritious, cheap meal.
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If we can get past the name 'carp' and the perception ... we can prove this is going to be a highly nutritious, cheap meal.
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I've had smoked carp is fantastic any time of the year.
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Don't ask if the carp is good enough for you to eat.
Fried Carp, Anyone? 2009
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Thai eat Snake heads and carp is a Polish Christmas feast.
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Don't ask if the carp is good enough for you to eat.
Fried Carp, Anyone? 2009
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Thai eat Snake heads and carp is a Polish Christmas feast.
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I've had smoked carp is fantastic any time of the year.
madmouth commented on the word carp
there are such multitudes of carp in Hong Kong's various ponds and gardens that they teach one the unique pleasure of watching the serene yet vivid piscine ballet.
September 16, 2009