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Definition of carp verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

carp

verb

NAmE//kɑrp//

[intransitive] carp (at somebody) (about something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they carp

he / she / it carps

past simple carped

-ing form carping

to keep complaining about someone or something in an annoying way

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