nark
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Is nark a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of nark?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (UK, Ireland) A police spy or informer.Examples: "So I went and laid down on the grass. While laying there I piped a reeler whom I knew. He had a nark (a policeman's spy) with him. So I went and looked about for my two pals, and told them to look out for F. and his nark."; "the bystander. […] She thought you was a copper's nark, sir. / the note taker [with quick interest] Whats a copper's nark? / the bystander [inapt at definition] It's a—well, it's a copper's nark, as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer."; "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."Synonyms: abaddon, accuser, beefer, bewrayer, bigmouth, blabber, blabtale, blabtongueIrelandUKslang
2. (Australia) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.Synonyms: spoilsport, assbucket, asshat, asshole, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncherAustraliaslang
verb (English)
1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.Examples: "“If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint."; "I don’t trust that guy; he’s gonna nark us out."Synonyms: rat, tattle, bewray, blow the whistle, clepe, denounce, dime, dobintransitiveslangtransitive
2. (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.Examples: "It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants."Synonyms: irk, vex, aggravate, annoy, rankle, ruffle, sting, antagonizeslangtransitive
3. (intransitive, slang) To complain.Examples: "He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems."intransitiveslang
4. (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.Examples: "Nark it! I hear someone coming!"imperativeoftenslangtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary