[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

carp \carp\ kaumrp, v. i. imp.  p. p. carped
   kaumrpt; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
      without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
      at.
      1913 webster

            carping and caviling at faults of manner. --blackw.
                                                  mag.
      1913 webster

            and at my actions carp or catch.      --herbert.
      1913 webster
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