carpnoun [ C or U ]
uk/kɑːp/us/kɑːrp/plural carpa large fish that lives in lakes and rivers and can be eaten
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Freshwater fish
- bream
- catfish
- eel
- elver
- fish
- fry
- goldfish
- lamprey
- minnow
- perch
- pike
- piranha
- roach
- salmon
- salmon trout
- stickleback
- trout
carpverb [ I ]
uk/kɑːp/us/kɑːrp/to complain all the time about matters that are not important:
I can't stand the way he's always carping.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- start on at sb
- whinger
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