narc, government officer who enforces restrictions on illegal drugs; informer, stool pigeon (British usage); bothersome person, annoying person (Australian usage)
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Nark Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
nark
n
1. (british) an informer or spy working for the police [syn: copper's nark ]
2. a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, narcotics agent ]
v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "it irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at , irritate, rile, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]
2: inform or spy (for the police)
1. whinger, wowser, spoil-sport; 2. informer; a spy, especially for the police; 3. irritate; annoy; 4. thwart; upset someone's plans; 5. act as an informer
police informer
annoyed
Noun
1. an informer or spy working for the police
(synonym) copper's nark
(hypernym) informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
(synonym) narc, narcotics agent
(hypernym) lawman, law officer, peace officer
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(hypernym) displease
(hyponym) get, get under one's skin
(verb-group) chafe
2. inform or spy (for the police)
(hypernym) inform
(derivation) copper's nark
Nark Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Narc or nark may refer to:
- Narc (narcotics), a narcotics agent or informant
- Informant or nark or narc
- Narc (film), a 2002 film
- NARC (video game), a 1988 arcade game and a 2005 video game
- National Advertising Review Council, an American advertising industry body
- National Rainbow Coalition, a Kenyan political party
- National Agricultural Research Centre in Pakistan
- Neutrino Array Radio Calibration in Antarctica
- North American Rayon Corporation
- "Narc", a song by Interpol from Antics
- Narc, an orc-like character in the parody Bored of the Rings
- Vaughn Nark, jazz trumpeter
- Nark of Champasak, a king in Laos
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