Definition of nark - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
- Her constant questions really nark me.
2.
- He decided to nark on his friends to the police.
3.
- He tends to nark about every little thing.
Noun
1.
- The nark was undercover at the club.
2.
- The gang was wary of a nark in their midst.
3.
- Don't be a nark about the noise.
Expressions with nark
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person secretly informing the police
The gang was betrayed by a copper's nark.
complain or show annoyance in an irritable way
He kept narking at me about the mess.
Origin of nark
Romani, nak (nose)
Examples of nark in a sentence
The delay started to nark the passengers. She refused to nark on her colleagues during the investigation. The gang threatened him not to nark to the authorities. She tends to nark about the weather constantly. He would nark if his coffee wasn't perfect. The nark busted the drug ring.
Everyone knew the nark in the precinct. The police relied on a nark for information. She was labeled a nark after talking to the cops. He's such a nark about every little thing. The meeting was delayed by a nark who wouldn't stop complaining.
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- French:agacer, agent des stupéfiants, ...
- German:nerven, Fahnder, ...
- Italian:infastidire, agente antidroga, ...
- Spanish:irritar, policía antidrogas, ...
- Portuguese:irritar, narc, ...
- Chinese:惹恼, 缉毒警察, ...
- Japanese:苛立たせる, 麻薬捜査官, ...
- Arabic:أَزْعَجَ, ضَابِط مُخَدِّرَات, ...
- Hebrew:לְעַצְבֵּן, שׁוֹטֵר סָמִים, ...
- Russian:раздражать, нарк, ...
- Ukrainian:діставати, нарк, ...
- Hindi:परेशान करना, नार्क, ...
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