different between nark vs jark

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from Angloromani nok (“nose”), from Romani nak, from Sauraseni Prakrit ???????????????? (?akka), ultimately a doublet of nose.

Alternative forms

• narc

Noun

nark (plural narks)

1. (Britain, slang) A police spy or informer.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant

   • 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.
2. (Australia, slang) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.

   Synonyms: spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:jerk, Thesaurus:git

Related terms

• (police spy): copper's nark

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive, thieves' cant) To watch; to observe.
2. (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.

   Synonyms: rat, tattle; see also Thesaurus:rat out

3. (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.

4. (intransitive, slang) To complain.

5. (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.

Derived terms

• (watch): nark it (“look out”)
• (inform on): narking dues

Translations

Etymology 2

See narc.

Noun

nark (plural narks)

1. Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer).

References

• “nark” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• ARNK, Karn, karn, knar, kran, rank

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jark (plural jarks)

1. A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).

Derived terms

• jarkman

Verb

jark (third-person singular simple present jarks, present participle jarking, simple past and past participle jarked)

1. (slang, military, Britain) To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).

Usage notes

(track weaponry): Both word and practice became common during the Ulster Troubles (1968-1998).

Etymology 2

From jerk.

Verb

jark (third-person singular simple present jarks, present participle jarking, simple past and past participle jarked)

1. Pronunciation spelling of jerk.

References

• jarking, in The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z, by Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, Taylor & Francis, 2006. ?ISBN, 9780415259385.
• Toby Harnden, Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh, ?ISBN

Ngandi

Noun

jark

1. water

Descendants

• ? Dhuwal: gutjark (with the Ngandi noun class prefix gu-)

References

• Colette G. Craig, Noun Classes and Categorization (1986, ?ISBN, page 389

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse jarki.

Noun

jark m (definite singular jarken, indefinite plural jarkar, definite plural jarkane)

1. edge of the sole of the foot