nark
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
nark (plural narks)
- (British, 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.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:informant
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act I,
- (Australia, slang) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others; a spoilsport.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:jerk, Thesaurus:git
- (police spy) copper's nark
- Portuguese: bufo
- Russian: стукач
nark (narks, present participle narking; past and past participle narked)
- (transitive, thieves) To watch; to observe.
- (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- “If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
- (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
- Nark it! I hear someone coming!
- German: nerven
nark (plural narks)
- Alternative form of narc narcotics officer.
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