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carps

carps is the plural of carp.

carps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carp.

Meaning of carp

Noun (1)

carp (plural carp or carps)

  1. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
    • The Carp is a ſtately, a good, and a ſubtle fiſh, a fiſh that hath not (as it is ſaid) been long in England, but ſaid to be by one Mr. Maſcall (a Gentleman then living at Plumſted in Suſſex) brought into this Nation: […] Carps and Loches are obſerved to breed ſeveral months in one year, vvhich moſt...1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], chapter VIII, in The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC...
    1. (often, specifically) The common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Noun (2)

carp (plural carps)

  1. An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.

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Proper noun capitalized: Carps

Carps

  1. (plural) plural of Carp

Phrases with carps

Questions about carps

What is carps the plural of?
Carps is the plural of carp.
What part of speech is carps?
Carps is a proper noun.

Words near carps in the dictionary

  1. carpoxenia
  2. carprazidil
  3. carprofen
  4. carprofene
  5. carpropamid
  6. carps
  7. carpsucker
  8. carpsuckers
  9. carpule
  10. carpules
  11. carpus

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