Carp

Definition: Carp

Carp

Noun

1. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised.

2. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Verb

1. Raise trivial objections.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "carp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Census

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CARP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Carp

Disapprobation

Scoff at, point at; twit, taunt; (disrespect); sneer at; (despise); satirize, lampoon; defame; (detract); depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious; Adjective: pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about.

Crosswords: Carp

Romanian (carpus, wrist), Welsh (clout, rag).

Day of the Carp (2000)

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Books

• A Carp for Kimiko (reference)

• Carp (reference)

• Carp Fishing on Valium: And Other Tales of the Stranger Road Traveled (reference)

• Carp on the Fly: A Flyfishing Guide (reference)

• Koi Carp 2003 Calendar (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fly Fishing Video Magazine Vol.57 Carp On The Flats of Eastern Washington (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Carp & Bones (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Plate 230. The Leather Carp. Cyprinus carpio (var. coriaceus). Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Plate 222B. The Carp Mullet. Moxostoma carpio (Val.), Jordan. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Honoring their ancestral heroes - beautiful Shinto priestess prepares the sacred carp for offering to shrine, Tokyo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Feeding the carp - park at Fontainebleau / painted by P.C. Comte ; engraved by J. Ballin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Austria

Austria's small fish production is limited mainly to trout and carp. (references)

Human Rights

Chad

In 2000 the CARP chief was replaced, and one officer was fired for abuses; however, authorities took no action against him by year's end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "carp": carp about ♦ carp at ♦ carp Lake ♦ Carp louse ♦ Carp mullet ♦ Carp sucker ♦ Crucian carp ♦ domestic carp ♦ German carp ♦ golden carp ♦ leather carp ♦ mirror carp ♦ prussian carp ♦ rapacious carp ♦ scale carp ♦ Telescope carp. Additional references.

Beginning with "carp": carp-feeding, carp-fisher, carp-helm, carp-like, carp-scaring.

Afrikaans

bedil (carp at, haze, quibble). (various references)

Albanian

krap, grindem (altercate, Bicker, brawl, cample, differ, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, find fault with, fray, fret, grizzle, grouse, have words with, Pule, quarrel, spat, swear, wrangle), gërnjosem (Bicker), bëj sherr (hassle, quarrel). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لاحقة معناها ثمرة, ‏سمك نهري (perch), ‏عاب (fault, find fault, nibble, pick holes in, reproach, stain), ‏الشبوط نوع سمك, ‏إنتقد (criticize, fault, find fault, lace, maul, nibble, peck, quarrel, slash, slate, snipe, stricture, taking apart, upbraid), ‏شكا من غير داع. (various references)

Bavarian

karpf. (various references)

Bulgarian 

шаран, заяждам се (altercate, cavil, nibble, niggle, quibble). (various references)

Chinese 

鲤鱼 (Carps), 鯉魚 , 鯉 . (various references)

Czech

kapr. (various references)

Danish

karpe (common carp, cyprinidae, koi carp, mirror carp). (various references)

Dutch

karper (common carp, koi carp, mirror carp). (various references)

Esperanto

karpo. (various references)

Faeroese

arga (abet, carp at, excite, haze, incite, provoke, quibble, rouse, stimulate, stir up). (various references)

Farsi 

ماهی کول(ج.ش.), کپور (Minnow), گله کردن (Blame, Gripe, Grumble), عیب جوءی کردن (Cavil, Impugn), ازروی خرده گیری صحبت کردن . (various references)

Finnish

karppi (common carp, koi carp, mirror carp). (various references)

French

carpe (carpus). (various references)

German

karpfen (carps). (various references)

Greek 

κυπρίνος (common carp, koi carp, mirror carp). (various references)

Hebrew 

קרפיון. (various references)

Hungarian

ponty. (various references)

Icelandic

karfi. (various references)

Indonesian

mencela (blame, condemn, decry, denounce, disapprove, disapprove of, knock, taunt), ikan gurami, gurame. (various references)

Irish

carbÚn. (various references)

Italian

carpa (common carp, koi carp, mirror carp). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鯉 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

こい (ancient ways, bad faith, dense, entreaty, intention, love, purpose, request, strong, tender passion, the feelings of the ancients, thick). (various references)

Manx

khennoughey (carping, cavil), carroo (bream, sea bream). (various references)

Pig Latin

arpcay.(various references)

Portuguese

carpa (common carp, hard beam, hornbeam, koi carp, mirror carp, white beech, yoke-elm). (various references)

Romanian

crap. (various references)

Russian 

карп, придираться карп, придираться (cavil, find fault, nag, rail, upbraid). (various references)

Scottish

carbhanach (a carp). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zanovetati (grumble, nag), zakerati (crab, nag, nibble, scold), karaš (goldfish), šaran. (various references)

Spanish

carpa (tent). (various references)

Swedish

karp (common carp, koi carp, mirror carp), gnata (cavil, gripe, nag). (various references)

Turkish

sazan, mızmızlanmak (crab, whine), kusur bulmak (arraign, cast reflection on smb., cavil, crab, criticize, fault, find fault, pick at, pick holes in, pick on, reflect on, reflect upon, reprehend), eleştirmek (animadvert, attack, censure, chastise, clobber, comment, criticize, damn, examine, expostulate, notice, pan, put down, review, riddle), beğenmemek (deplore, disapprove, dislike, go ill with smb., regard with disfavor, regard with disfavour, turn up one's nose). (various references)

Ukrainian

сазан, співати (cantillate, chant, crow, descant, sing, vocalize, warble), чіплятися (accost, arraign, badger, bully, cavil, chicane, clamber, cling, nag, upbraid, worry), короп, вишукувати недоліки (cavil), недоброзичливо критикувати, бурчати (beef, begrudge, buzz, croak, groan, grouch, growl, grunt, mutter, nag, natter, rumble, scold), присікуватися (cavil), придиратися, декламувати (mouth, perorate, recite). (various references)

carpum, Cypriniformes, Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinus carpio(Linnaeus,1758). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "carp": carpaccio, carpaccios, carpal, carpale, carpalia, carpals, carped, carpel, carpellary, carpellate, carpels, carpenter, carpentered, carpentering, carpenters, carpentries, carpentry, carper, carpers, carpet, carpetbag, carpetbagger, carpetbaggeries, carpetbaggers, carpetbaggery, carpetbagging, carpetbags, carpeted, carpeting, carpetings, carpets, carpetweed, carpetweeds, carpi, carping, carpingly, carpings, carpogonia, carpogonial, carpogonium, carpool, carpooled, carpooler, carpoolers, carpooling, carpools, carpophore, carpophores, carport, carports, carpospore. (additional references)

Words ending with "carp": apocarp, ascocarp, cystocarp, dipterocarp, endocarp, epicarp, escarp, exocarp, mesocarp, monocarp, pericarp, podocarp, procarp, scarp, schizocarp, sporocarp, syncarp, xylocarp. (additional references)

Words containing "carp": acarpous, apocarpies, apocarps, apocarpy, ascocarpic, ascocarps, becarpet, becarpeted, becarpeting, becarpets, cystocarps, dipterocarps, endocarps, epicarps, escarped, escarping, escarpment, escarpments, escarps, exocarps, mascarpone, mascarpones, mesocarps, metacarpal, metacarpals, metacarpi, metacarpus, monocarpic, monocarps, parthenocarpic, parthenocarpies, parthenocarpy, pericarps, pilocarpine, pilocarpines, procarps, recarpet, recarpeted, recarpeting, recarpets, scarped, scarper, scarpered, scarpering, scarpers, scarph, scarphed, scarphing, scarphs, scarping, scarps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Carp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aarp, cacp, cadpr, cagr, calp, canp, capp, capro, cara, Carapa, carb, Carbh, Carc, cargp, cari, carj, carn, carpa, carpo, carq, caru, carv, Casp, caur, cawp, Ceriph, chrp, cipro, craop, craph, Crapo, crawp, crp, csr, curp, cxr, earp, karap, karp, karpa, Kirp, Krapp, sarp, yarp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: crap.

-1 letter: arc, cap, car, pac, par, rap.

-2 letters: ar, pa.

+1 letter: caper, carpi, carps, copra, cramp, crape, craps, pacer, parch, recap, scarp, scrap.

+2 letters: apercu, camper, capers, capper, capric, capris, captor, carhop, carpal, carped, carpel, carper, carpet, carpus, cartop, coppra, coprah, copras, cramps, craped, crapes, crappy, eparch, escarp, pacers, packer, parcel, parsec, picara, picaro, piracy, placer, prance, preach, preact, recaps, redcap, repack, scarph, scarps, scrape, scraps, secpar, spacer.