nark
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Romani nak.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
nark (plural narks)
- (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.
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act I,
- (US, slang) (or narc) A narcotics law enforcement officer.
[edit] Translations
police spy
[edit] Verb
nark (third-person singular simple present narks, present participle narking, simple past and past participle narked)
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
- (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
- Nark it! I hear someone coming!
- (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
[edit] Translations
serve as a spy
[edit] References
- “nark” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.