Nark

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: näk, IPA: /nɑːk/
• US enPR: närk, IPA: /nɑːɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

From Romani nak.

Alternative forms

• narc

Full definition of nark

Noun

1. (British, slang) A police spy or informer.
• 1912, George Bernard Shaw, , 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.

Verb

1. (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
2. (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
3. (intransitive, slang) To complain.He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
4. (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.Nark it! I hear someone coming!

Synonyms

• rat out
• tattle

See narc

Noun

1. Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer).

Anagrams

• ARNK, knar, rank