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nark
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)
- (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.
- (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)
- (transitive, thieves' cant) To watch; to observe.
- (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- Synonyms: rat, tattle; see also Thesaurus:rat out
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (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)
- 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
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narky
English
Etymology
From nark +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n??ki/
Adjective
narky (comparative narkier, superlative narkiest)
- (Britain, Australia, Ireland, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
- 1995, Linda Grant, The Cast Iron Shore, Granta, 1998, page 61,
- The war had made Stan narkier than ever.
- 2003, Justine Larbalestier, A Buffy Confession, Glenn Yeffeth (editor), Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, US, page 83,
- I?m now one of those people I used to defend the show against. There is no one more bitter than an ex-true believer. Color me narky and picky.
- 2005, Maxim Jakubowski (editor), The Best British Mysteries 2005, page 191,
- It was a special request and Mrs. Fleming had to do it all on the spot, so that?s made her even more narky than usual.
- 2005, Mark Latham, The Latham Diaries, page 141,
- Foolishly, I went to the National Right dinner last night. What a narky, miserable bunch of sods.
- 2008, Amanda Brunker, Champagne Kisses, page 46,
- I had to endure the narkiest taxi driver complaining about ‘Foreign lads takin? taxi plates’, who then managed to test my patience even more by leaving me a good walk from Parker?s apartment block.
- 2008, Claudia Carroll, Do You Want to Know a Secret?, Random House, UK, unnumbered page,
- Age is definitely making me narkier. The only difference between me and my moany Auntie Maisie is a plaid shopping trolley and a tracheotomy.
- 1995, Linda Grant, The Cast Iron Shore, Granta, 1998, page 61,
Derived terms
- narkiness
Anagrams
- Karyn, kyarn, kyarn'
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