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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carp \Carp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped}; p. pr & vb n. {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert.
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