nark

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Romani nak.

Noun [edit]

nark (plural narks)

  1. (UK, slang) A police spy or informer.
    • 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act I,
      It’s a—well, it’s a copper’s nark, as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer.

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Verb [edit]

nark (third-person singular simple present narks, present participle narking, simple past and past participle narked)

  1. (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
    It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
  2. (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
    Nark it! I hear someone coming!
  3. (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
  4. (intransitive, slang) To complain.
    He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

see narc

Noun [edit]

nark (plural narks)

  1. (US, slang) A narcotics law enforcement officer.

References [edit]

  • nark” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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