nark

/nɑ:k/

Thân thiện

A police nark reports a suspicious package in the park.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • An informer or spy for the police: A person who secretly provides information to the authorities, especially about criminal activities.
   • (British, informal) A law enforcement officer concerned with narcotics violations: A police officer who works on drug-related crimes.

2. Verb:

   • To inform or spy (for the police): To act as an informant, secretly giving information to the authorities.
   • To cause annoyance or irritation: To bother, disturb, or irritate someone, often with minor but persistent actions.

Examples

• Noun:

  • The gang discovered that one of their members was a nark for the police.
  • He was arrested by the drug narks in a midnight raid.

• Verb (to inform):

  • He was accused of narking on his former partners to get a lighter sentence.
  • She refused to nark, even under pressure.

• Verb (to annoy):

  • Stop narking me with your constant complaints!
  • The way he chews his food really narks his sister.

Advanced Usage

• "To nark on someone": To inform the authorities about someone's wrongdoing.

  • He narked on the thieves to the store owner.

• "To be narked" (adjective, British informal): To be annoyed or irritated.

  • I was really narked when they cancelled the meeting at the last minute.

Variants and Related Words

• Narc (noun, chiefly North America): A law enforcement agent who deals with narcotics violations. (A common variant of 'nark' in this specific sense).
• Narky (adjective, British informal): Irritable or bad-tempered.
  • He's in a narky mood today.

Synonyms

• Noun (informer): Informant, snitch, stool pigeon, grass (UK slang).
• Verb (to inform): Inform (on), snitch, rat (on), grass (UK slang).
• Verb (to annoy): Irritate, bother, annoy, vex, peeve.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Nark it! (British slang, imperative): An exclamation telling someone to stop being annoying or to stop complaining.
  • Oh, nark it! I've heard enough of your moaning.

Related Idioms

• To turn nark: To become an informer for the police.
  • Facing a long prison term, he decided to turn nark.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
2. an informer or spy working for the police

Verb

1. inform or spy (for the police)
2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
   • Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
   • It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves

Từ đồng nghĩa

• narc
• narcotics agent
• copper's nark