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Date: 1200-1300
Origin: From a Scandinavian language

carp

1 verb
     
carp1 [intransitive]
to keep complaining about something in a way that is annoying
carp about
He always finds something to carp about.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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