Usually means: Freshwater fish with barbels, omnivorous.
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General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. -carp, carp, carp-: Merriam-Webster
  2. carp, carp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carp, carp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. -carp, carp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. carp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Carp, carp: Wordnik
  7. carp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. CARP, Carp, -carp, carp: Wiktionary
  9. -carp, carp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. -carp, carp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. carp: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Carp, -carp, carp, carp: Dictionary.com
  13. carp (n.), carp (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. carp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. CARP (Canada), CARP, Carp (disambiguation), Carp, The Carp (opera), The Carp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Carp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. carp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. carp: Rhymezone
  19. carp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. carp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. -carp, carp: MyWord.info
  22. CARP, Carp, carp: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. carp: FreeDictionary.org
  24. carp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Carp: The Word Detective
  26. carp, carp-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. carp: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  28. carp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. carp: Cook's Thesaurus
  2. -carp, carp-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carp: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. carp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -carp, carp, carp-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. CARP: Acronym Finder
  3. carp: A Word A Day
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. carp: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CARP: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  2. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. carp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Carp: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil.
verb:  (obsolete) To speak, to talk; also, to talk about a subject in speech or writing.
verb:  (obsolete) To talk much but to little purpose; to chatter, to prattle.
verb:  (obsolete) Of a bird: to sing; of a person (such as a minstrel): to sing or recite.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete)
verb:  To say or tell (something).
verb:  To find fault with (someone or something); to censure, to criticize.
noun:  An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  Initialism of Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, a Unificationist organization.

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