CARP

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century to find fault or complain querulously, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1904 complaint , III. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French, from Late Latin ~a, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German karpfo ~ Date: 15th century a large variable Asian soft-finned freshwater cyprinid fish ( Cyprinus ~io ) of sluggish waters that is often raised for food and has been widely introduced into United States waters, a fish (as the European sea bream) resembling a ~