See nark in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(Australia, slang) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others."
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"word": "jerk"
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{
"word": "git"
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]
},
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xuzarku",
"sense": "police spy",
"word": "խուզարկու"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lrtes",
"sense": "police spy",
"word": "լրտես"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "police spy",
"tags": [
"agent",
"masculine"
],
"word": "агент"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "police spy",
"word": "informant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "police spy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spitzel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "police spy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Informant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "police spy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Polizeispitzel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "police spy",
"word": "bufo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "police spy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turnător"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stukač",
"sense": "police spy",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "стукач"
}
],
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"nark"
],
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}
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"english": "look out",
"sense": "watch",
"word": "nark it"
},
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"sense": "inform on",
"word": "narking dues"
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"name": "bor"
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{
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"To watch; to observe."
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"(transitive, thieves' cant) To watch; to observe."
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"(intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle."
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"word": "rat"
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"word": "rat out"
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"text": "It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.",
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"To annoy or irritate."
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"irritate",
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"(transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate."
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"text": "He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.",
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"To complain."
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"(intransitive, slang) To complain."
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"text": "Nark it! I hear someone coming!",
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"glosses": [
"To stop."
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"stop",
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"(transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop."
],
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"often",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/nɑːɹk/",
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"US"
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},
{
"enpr": "närk",
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"US"
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},
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},
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"word": "narc"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "donosniča",
"sense": "serve as a spy",
"word": "доноснича"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "serve as a spy",
"word": "verpetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "serve as a spy",
"word": "verraten"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "serve as a spy",
"word": "turna"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "op iemands zenuwen werken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "nerven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "West-Flemish",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "complain",
"word": "neuten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "complain",
"tags": [
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"word": "zagen"
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],
"word": "kappen"
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"extra": "narcotics officer",
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