nark
IPA: nɑrk
noun
- (Britain, Ireland, slang) A police spy or informer.
- (Australia, slang) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
- Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer). [(informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.]
verb
- (transitive, thieves' cant) To watch; to observe.
- (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
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Examples of "nark" in Sentences
- It is paradise for the busybody and the nark.
- Example 'he's in a nark today cos his team lost'.
- Just letting you know, and not intending to nark you at all.
- Vaughn Nark began playing the trumpet at the tender age of six.