carp1
n.
(pl. same)
a deep-bodied freshwater fish, often kept in ponds and sometimes farmed for food.
[
Cyprinus carpio and other species, family Cyprinidae.]
Etymology
ME: from OFr. carpe, from late L. carpa.
carp2
v.
complain or find fault continually.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘talk, chatter’): from ON karpa ‘brag’; later influenced by L. carpere ‘pluck at, slander’.
