different between narco vs narc

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??

Etymology 1

From narcotic.

Noun

narco (plural narcos)

1. Narcotics.
   • 1971, Robert Deane Pharr, SRO:

     Margo sighed her contentment. ‘Selling narco in Harlem is the life. There's nothing finer.’

   • 2002, Jeanette Windle, The DMZ:

     Colonel Thornton had the deepest admiration for the Colombians at all levels of society who had made a stand against corruption and narco-dealing, often at the cost of their own lives.

2. A South American drug baron.
3. A police officer specializing in drug crimes

Related terms

• knocko, another term for a narcotics agent

Etymology 2

From narcolepsy.

Noun

narco (plural narcos)

1. Someone suffering from narcolepsy

Anagrams

• Carno, Coran, Corna, acorn, acron, caron, coran, racon

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?ko/, [?na?.ko]

Etymology 1

Short for narcotraficante (“drug dealer”).

Noun

narco m (plural narcos, feminine narca, feminine plural narcas)

1. drug dealer, drug lord

Derived terms

• narco-

Related terms

• narcótico

Etymology 2

Short for narcotráfico (“drug trafficking”).

Noun

narco m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) drug trafficking

Hyponyms

• narcomayoreo
• narcomenudeo

Derived terms

• narco-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: näk, IPA^(key): /n??k/
• (US) enPR: närk, IPA^(key): /n???k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

Clipping of narcotics (control) officer.

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

1. (informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”).

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

1. (informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”)

Verb

narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)

1. (informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark

See also

• stool pigeon

Etymology 3

Clipping of narcosis.

Verb

narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)

1. (underwater diving, slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).

Translations

Etymology 4

Clipping of narcissist.

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

1. (colloquial, informal) A narcissist.

Anagrams

• Carn, Cran, NRCA, cRNA, carn, cran, cran-, crna