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Definition: Carper |
CarperNoun1. Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "carper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1607. (references) |
Synonym: CarperSynonym: niggler (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Detractor | Noun: detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur; barracker. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Portrait of Pvt. Philip Carper, 35th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Shenandoah Valley. Mr. McGahey showing P.M. Carper, assistant county agent for Rockingham County, sword and scabbard which were manufactured on the place for the Confederacy.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "carper" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Carper | Last name | 2,000 | 4,976 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jean carper | 21 |
carper | 20 |
board carper john surf | 5 |
carper senator | 4 |
carper tom | 4 |
carper jean vitamin | 3 |
thomas carper | 3 |
carper john | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Qaraman (crier, crybaby, grouser, grumbler, maudlin, nagging, peevish, pettish, plaintive, querulous, weeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سجاد (carpeting, hangings, mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Критикар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nörgler (caviler, grumbler, moaner, nag, nagger, niggler, squealers), Mäkler (agent, broker, factor, fault finder, fusspot, jobber, middleman, operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Rosszindulatú Kritika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | khennougheyder, grinder (satirist, sneerer, taunter), grin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arpercay crítico malévolo, censurador (faultfinder). (various references) criticastru (fault finder, kicker, knocker). (various references) придира (caviller, criticaster, faultfinder, fault-finder, knocker, nagger, quibbler, sea lawyer). (various references) zakeralo (faultfinder, nag, nagger, scold). (various references) criticón (captious, carping, critic, faultfinder, faultfinding, nagger, nagging). (various references) retsticka (tease, teaser). (various references) буркун, буркотун (catamaran, crab, fuddy-duddy, grouch, grumbler, killjoy, nagger, rater, stammerer), причепа (bully, censor, sorehead). (various references) người hay xoi mói, người hay chê bai, người hay bắt bẻ (faultfinder), người hay bới móc (faultfinder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "carper": carpers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "carper": scarper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "carper": scarpered, scarpering, scarpers. (additional references) | |
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"Carper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Capreee, carceri, carer, carerr, Carker, carpa, carpei, carpen, carpere, carpor, carpre, caruer, Caryer, Cepror, coreper, craper, farper, garper. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "carper" (pronounced kÄ"rper) |
| 4 | -Ä" r p er | Harper, sharper. |
| 3 | -r p er | torpor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: caper, carer, crape, pacer, parer, racer, raper, recap. | |
-2 letters: acre, aper, cape, care, carp, carr, crap, pace, pare, parr, pear, race, rape, rare, reap, rear. | |
-3 letters: ace, ape, arc, are, cap, car, cep, ear, era, err, pac, par, pea, pec, per, rap, rec, rep. | |
-4 letters: ae, ar, er, pa, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: caperer, carpers, crapper, prancer, prerace, scarper, scraper. | |
+2 letters: caperers, capturer, comparer, crappers, crappier, parcener, pericarp, perisarc, prancers, preacher, preclear, precrash, prefacer, recarpet, replacer, reproach, scarpers, scrapers, scrapper, supercar. | |
+3 letters: capturers, carpenter, carpentry, carpooler, cartopper, comparers, copartner, corporate, corporeal, cupbearer, curlpaper, opercular, parcenary, parceners, paregoric, parricide, pericarps, perisarcs, practicer, preachers, preachier, precatory, preclears, precrease, prefacers, procreant, procreate, purchaser, ragpicker, recapture, recarpets, replacers, retropack, scarpered, scrappers, scrappier, sharecrop, supercars, superrace. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 70 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. .--. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01110000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r p e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0070 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376784827184 |
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