All 3 Uses of
carp
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- John Eglinton's carping voice asked.†
Chpt 9carping = repeatedly complaining
- His look went from brooder's beard to carper's skull, to remind, to chide them not unkindly, then to the baldpink lollard costard, guiltless though maligned.†
Chpt 9carper = someone who repeatedly complains
- JOHN EGLINTON: (Produces a greencapped dark lantern and flashes it towards a corner: with carping accent) Esthetics and cosmetics are for the boudoir.†
Chpt 15 *carping = repeatedly complaining
Definitions:
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(1)
(carp as in: carped incessantly) to repeatedly complain -- typically about unimportant things
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
More commonly, carp is used as a noun to describe a common freshwater fish.