nark

1. 1.

   an informer or spy working for the police

   Synonymscopper's nark

   Broaderinformer

   United Kingdom

2. 2.

   a lawman concerned with narcotics violations

   Synonymsnarcnarcotics agent

   Broaderlawman

1. 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”

   Synonymsannoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenettlegravelvexchafedevil

   Broaderdisplease

   Narrowergeteat intopeeverufflefretharassantagonize
2. 2.

   inform or spy (for the police)

   Broaderinform

Other forms of nark

plural

narks·

past tense

narked·

present participle

narking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nark

What does nark mean?

nark means "an informer or spy working for the police". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nark?

nark has 1 syllable: nark.

What is another word for nark?

Close synonyms include copper's nark, narc, narcotics agent, annoy, rag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nark a common word?

nark is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.