I имя существительное карп; сазан II глагол 1) придираться, находить недостатки, критиковать Например: It's no good carping at the boy's behaviour, he'll only get worse. — Нет смысла ругать парня за поведение, он только станет вести себя ещё хуже. Синоним(ы): cavil 2) брюзжать, ворчать, жаловаться Синоним(ы): grumble, growl, grouch
I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute to find fault or complain querulously • carper noun II. noun complaint III. noun (plural carp or carps) Etymology: Middle English carpe, from Middle French, from Late Latin carpa, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German karpfo carp 1. a large variable Asian soft-finned freshwater cyprinid fish (Cyprinus carpio) of sluggish waters that is often raised for food and has been widely introduced into United States waters; also any of various related cyprinid fishes (as the grass carp) 2. a fish (as the European sea bream) resembling a carp