[kɑːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are often kept in large ponds


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French carpe, from late Latin carpa

[kɑːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- complain or find fault continually about trivial matters
(e.g: I don't want to carp about the way you did it)


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Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘talk, chatter’): from Old Norse karpa ‘brag’; later influenced by Latin carpere ‘pluck at, slander’