noun
nark
Nark (noun) means (informal) Someone who secretly gives information to the police.
noun
1
(informal) Someone who secretly gives information to the police.
"When we got to the Chief of Police's office a crowd of the most dreadful-looking scoundrels, obviously police narks, informers, and spies of every kind, were hanging about outside the door."
— George Orwell pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair (1938)
2
(informal) A person who is annoying or causes trouble for others.
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Etymology
Uncertain. It may come from Angloromani nok ("nose"), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit ???? (ṇakka), which would make it ultimately a doublet of nose.
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What is the meaning of nark?
"nark" (noun) means (informal) Someone who secretly gives information to the police.
What is another word for nark?
Other words for "nark" include fink, fizgig, narc, canary, blackguard, buttmunch.
What are the different meanings of nark?
"nark" has 2 main meanings: 1. (informal) Someone who secretly gives information to the police; 2. (informal) A person who is annoying or causes trouble for others.
