carp

1. 1.

   raise trivial objections

   Synonymscavilchicane

   Broaderobject

Other forms of carp

plural

carp(unchanged)

past tense

carped·

present participle

carping·

third person

carps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about carp

What does carp mean?

carp means "the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in carp?

carp has 1 syllable: carp. In IPA it is /ˈkɑɹp/.

What is another word for carp?

Close synonyms include cavil, chicane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carp a common word?

carp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.