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▪ I. nark, n. slang.|nɑːk|
[Romany nāk nose.]
1. a. (See quot. 1894.)
1860in Hotton Slang Dict. (ed. 2) 179. 1894 A. Morrison Mean Streets 260 He resolved to..become a nark—a copper's nark—which is a police spy or informer. 1916G. B. Shaw Pygmalion i. 110 It's a—well, it's a copper's nark, as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer. 1933Auden Dance of Death 37 Quick under the table, it's the 'tecs and their narks, O no, salute—it's Mr. Karl Marx. 1936J. G. Brandon Pawnshop Murder x. 90 Police ‘narks’, ‘noses’, and all such kindred brethren. 1954[see grass n.1 12]. 1968Listener 19 Dec. 810/3 Don't do it.., he's a copper's nark. 1975Times 9 Jan. 4/4 If it was thought we were coppers' narks it could endanger the lives of our film crews.
b. A policeman.
1891F. W. Carew No. 747 vi. 65 If you don't turn up my fair share, I'll put the narks upon you. S'elp me never, I will. 1937M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xxvii. 327 There's a bunch o' narks at either end of the lane. 1959A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-Distance Runner 27 Don't let that gate creak too much or you'll have the narks tuning-in. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. xvii. 369 There are, in the London area, at least thirty nicknames current among boys... The Law, Nark or Narker, Nobby, [etc.]. a1966M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) v. 74 I've 'appened on a little something wot the official narks 'aven't cottoned to yet.
2. Freq. in Austral. and N.Z.
a. A person who is annoying, unpleasant, obstructive, or quarrelsome. Cf. knark.
1846Swell's Night Guide 68 They are the rankest narks vot ever God put guts into, or ever farted in a kickses case. 1898Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red Page), An informer or mar-plot is a nark or Jonah. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands i. 12 ‘Yeh know, Feathers, she's no bally nark; er bloke kin trust 'er,’ he said. 1908Austral. Mag. 1 Nov. 1251 Nark, a spoil-sport. 1918Aussie Sept. 2/2 He appealed in vain to Madame... ‘Orright, then, Madame, I can be a nark, too! I know where there's..fat, juicy frogs, and you wont get one of 'em!’ 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 164 Nark, a bad-tempered man; a spoil-sport... Also, a man eager to curry favour by running about and doing odd jobs for a superior. 1928V. Palmer Man Hamilton 94 ‘Oh, don't be a nark, Miss Byrne,’ he coaxes her. 1933F. Clune Try Anything Once 81 Lieutenant Hennessy fulfilled the most exacting requirements of what a ‘nark’ should be. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang 551/2 Nark... A person on inquiry from head office: London clerks', managers', etc.: from before 1935. 1943Penguin New Writing XVIII. 63 If I said anything..he'd go crook and tell me not to be a nark. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. xviii. 391 ‘It is a way to get your own back on an old nark who has spoilt a game,’ declares an Edinburgh 12-year-old. 1965J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 6 Nark, a troublemaker who interrupts the rhythm of the shed. A nark shearer only hurts himself, but a shedhand or roller who does not keep the board clear can slow up the work of all men handling the fleece.
b. An annoying or unpleasant thing or situation; a source of astonishment or vexation.
1923J. Manchon Le Slang 203 Nark..(rare), rancune, une dent qu'on a contre quelqu'un. 1926R. R. Terry Shanty Bk. II. 25 When they went to church to say ‘I will’, the drummer got a nark. [footnote] Nark, a disagreeable surprise. 1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder 114 It's a blooming nark, dinkum it is. 1947Book (Christchurch, N.Z.) IX. 23 ‘It's a nark, isn't it,’ she said. ‘I thought you'd get by without the op.’ 1948R. Alley Gung Ho 16 Typhoid, malaria, and all the narks. 1966P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 51 Not hardened junkies, when deprived of dope, Ere felt such anger, ere got such a nark As Scouseville driver seeking space to park.
▪ II. nark, v.|naːk|
[f. the n.]
1. a. trans. To watch, look after. b. intr. To act as an informer. slang.
1859in Hotten Dict. Slang 67. 1894 A. Morrison Mean Streets 260 Hardly had he begun his narking when some of the..mob dropped on him. 1896― Child Jago 55 It was the sole commandment that ran there: ‘Thou shalt not nark’.
2. trans. and intr. To annoy, exasperate, infuriate; to complain, grumble. Often in pa. pple. slang (freq. in Austral. and N.Z.) and dial.
1888J. Dalby Mayroyd of Mytholm II. 45 That's just what he's ta'en to him for, just to nark Mayroyd. 1888S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 155 Narked, vexed, angry... ‘He wor narked about it.’ 1896H. Lawson Shearing of Cook's Dog in While Billy Boils 167 The cook usually forgot all about it in an hour... But this time he didn't; he was ‘narked’ for three days. 1899Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Feb. (Red Page), Tom was gettin' narked, so I tries to get him to turn in. 1908E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber I. v. 174 He'll be a bit narked at having wasted a whole bloomin' day. 1916Anzac Book 142 But wot narks us more than any Is to 'ear the sergeant say: ‘The sea's too rough to land our stores; There ain't no jam today!’ 1916J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xix. 299, I thought you would. That's very like the Tippinses to nark like that. 1930Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Mar. 23/1 It was this that narked me most—'e couldn't see a joke. 1932L. A. G. Strong Don Juan & Wheelbarrow ix. 162 Is it true..that So-and-So is narked as the Cottage 'Ospital be over to 'Arraton, 'stead of here? 1940F. Sargeson Man & his Wife (1944) 49 That got Tom narked. He told George he ought to be ashamed of himself for telling things like that. 1945Daily Sketch 20 Apr. 2/2 Like you, I am all for personal liberty—and so no doubt are the inmates of Wormwood Scrubs—but the fact remains that so long as there is not economic freedom for everybody, what is the point of constantly narking about State-planning? 1947D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 78 It narked her that everyone was eating out of her hand except me. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxxii/3 This naturally brings out the worst in their opponents and in the resultant narking and name-calling the ‘legitimate contention’ is lost sight of. 1962[see half adv. 3]. 1966Crescendo Apr. 29/2 The narked comments of some respected musicians. 1968Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) 11 July C.14/1 In Britain, to nark is to nag, scold, annoy or irritate. Mrs. Ewing, a vivacious blonde, narks mostly about home rule for Scotland. She has managed to irritate some members of Parliament and her election victory annoyed Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labor party. 1970New Scientist 23 July 190/2 The Chinese have naturally been somewhat narked at being left out of the fun. 1973Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 15 If you feel especially narked about something, you can turn it into a theory of human behaviour.
3. trans. Usu. with it. To cease, desist, stop, terminate. Freq. in imp. slang.
1889Sporting Times 29 June 1/3 And as terseness of expression was an art she'd studied well, She determined that her lady friend should nark it. 1925in Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 164. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Feb. 20 It was 'ard luck when a bloke narked the show. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid xvii. 175 Nark it for God's sake... You'll get us done, yelling around the gaff like that. 1943M. Harrison Reported Safe Arrival 12 There was a sharp interchange of: ‘Nark it!’ and ‘Oo says so?’ I think there had been an interchange of more than words had not the Orderly Officer then appeared. 1943R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 30 Nark it, Flight,..you sound like a penny uplift. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 199 Saying by the one being tortured: ‘'Ere, nark it.’ 1973N. Graham Murder in Dark Room xxiii. 162 ‘Nark it,’ I said. ‘I want a little bit of information from you.’ |