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nark noun [ nɑːk ]

• a police informer.
• "I'm not a copper's nark"
• an annoying person or thing.

nark verb

• cause annoyance to.
• "women like her nark me"
Similar: annoyed, irritated, cross, angry, vexed, exasperated, irked, piqued, displeased, put out, fed up, disgruntled, in a bad mood, in a temper, testy, in high dudgeon, huffy, in a huff, resentful, aggrieved, furious, irate, infuriated, incensed, enraged, wrathful, choleric, aggravated, peeved, nettled, miffed, miffy, mad, riled, hacked off, peed off, hot under the collar, foaming at the mouth, browned off, cheesed off, brassed off, not best pleased, ratty, shirty, eggy, teed off, ticked off, sore, bent out of shape, snaky, crook, vex, ireful, snuffy, wrath, pissed off, pissed,
Origin: mid 19th century: from Romani nāk ‘nose’.

nark noun

• another term for narc.

narc noun

• an official narcotics agent.
Origin: 1960s: abbreviation of narcotic.

nark it!

• stop that!



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