| Definitions | nark
noun - (context, UK, slang) A police spy or informer.
- 1912, w:George_Bernard_Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act I,
- : It's a"well, it's a copper's , as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer.
verb
- (context, transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
- (context, transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
- Nark it! I hear someone coming!
- (context, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- (context, intransitive, slang) To complain.
- He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
Etymology: From Romany nak
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