narkn.

Brit.

/nɑːk/, U.S.

/nɑrk/

Forms: 1800s– nark, 1900s– narc.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps < Angloromani nok nose (1863 in B. C. Smart Dial. Eng. Gypsies; compare Welsh Romani nakh , European Romani nak ); for the semantic development, compare the earlier use of nose in the sense ‘informer’ (see nose n. 4) and such uses as to poke one's nose into at nose n. Phrases 1d(b). However, the rendering of the Romani short vowel (o or a ) as a(r) in English is unusual. Also, the assumed development would require that the Romani word had an extended sense denoting a person, but this is not attested; if it did occur, it would most probably have been calqued on English nose ‘informer’, which would require that sense 2 should be the earlier sense. Compare also knark n., which, if it is merely a variant of the present word, would appear to confirm the priority of sense 1. E. Partridge Dict. Underworld (1949) at cited word suggests that the word may be shortened < French narquois (adjective) mocking (1842), cunning, deceitful (1694; earlier in sense ‘slang’ 1653), (noun; now archaic) vagabond soldier (c1590), (obsolete) thief, crook (1620; also in sense ‘slang’ (1611)), of uncertain origin. In later use there is some convergence between sense 2 and narc n.

slang.

a. An annoying, unpleasant, obstructive, or quarrelsome person. In later use chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys

noyera1382

annoyancec1405

offender?a1425

fretter?1504

traik1513

vexer1530

annoying1566

annoyer1577

plagueship1628

annoyancer1632

disobliger1648

nuisance1661

galler1674

bug1785

torment1785

botheration1801

nark1846

scunner1865

bother1866

botherer1869

crucifier1870

dinlo1873

bastard1919

skelf1927

dick1966

wazzock1976

knob jockey1989

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 68 They are the rankest narks vot ever God put guts into, or ever farted in a kickses case.

1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands i. 12 ‘Yeh know, Feathers, she's no bally nark; er bloke kin trust 'er,’ he said.

1918 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Sept. 2/2 Orright, then, Madame, I can be a nark, too! I know where there's..fat, juicy frogs, and you wont get one of 'em!

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren 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.

1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 6 Nark, a troublemaker who interrupts the rhythm of the shed. A nark shearer only hurts himself.

1991 S. Eldred-Grigg Shining City 17 He's a nark when he's had one too many.

b. An annoying or unpleasant thing or situation; a source of irritation; (also) a fit of anger or pique.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation

thornc1230

dreicha1275

painc1375

cumbrance1377

diseasec1386

a hair in one's necka1450

molestationc1460

incommodity?a1475

melancholya1475

ensoigne1477

annoyance1502

traik1513

incommode1518

corsie1548

eyesore1548

fashery1558

cross1573

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corrosive1578

wasp1588

cumber1589

infliction1590

gall1591

distaste1602

plague1604

rub1642

disaccommodation1645

disgust1654

annoyment1659

bogle1663

rubber1699

noyancea1715

chagrins1716

ruffle1718

fasha1796

nuisance1814

vex1815

drag1857

bugbear1880

nark1918

pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933

sod1940

chizz1953

1918 in D. MacKenzie & L. Malcolm Boots, Belts, Rifle & Pack (1992) 65 It is a nark being placed in Auckland [Regiment] rather than Otago.

1926 R. R. Terry Shanty Bk. II. 25 When they went to church to say ‘I will’, the drummer got a nark. [Note] Nark, a disagreeable surprise.

1947 Book (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 23 ‘It's a nark, isn't it,’ she said. ‘I thought you'd get by without the op.’

1966 P. 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.

a. An informer; spec. (more fully copper's nark) a police informer. Cf. nose n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer

setter1630

nose1789

mouchard1802

rat1818

stool-pigeon1830

knark1851

police informer1851

nark1859

telegraph1864

copper1885

sarbut1897

Noah's Ark1898

stool1906

snout1910

finger1914

policeman1923

stoolie1924

shelf1926

grass1929

grasshopper1937

grasser1950

stukach1969

supergrass1975

1859 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Nark [printed Nard], a person who obtains information under seal of confidence, and afterwards breaks faith.

1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Nark, a person in the pay of the police; a common informer.

1879 Notes & Queries 24 May 406 Copper's nark, a police spy.

1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 260 He resolved to..become a nark—a copper's nark—which is a police spy or informer.

1916 G. 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.

1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. 31 He was a nark, nose, snout, grass, squeaker, or whatever coarse word is current for it.

1994 Daily Mail 29 Sept. 10/4 The concerned citizen in the leafy suburbs who alerts the police to criminal activity is the ‘copper's nark’ in some other areas.

b. A police officer.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman

truncheon officer1708

runner1735

horny1753

nibbing-cull1775

nabbing-cull1780

police officer1784

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scout1789

nabman1792

nabber1795

pig1811

Bow-street officer1812

nab1813

peeler1816

split1819

grunter1823

robin redbreast1824

bulky1828

raw (or unboiled) lobster1829

Johnny Darm1830

polis1833

crusher1835

constable1839

police1839

agent1841

johndarm1843

blue boy1844

bobby1844

bluebottle1845

copper1846

blue1848

polisman1850

blue coat1851

Johnny1851

PC1851

spot1851

Jack1854

truncheonist1854

fly1857

greycoat1857

cop1859

Cossack1859

slop1859

scuffer1860

nailerc1863

worm1864

Robert1870

reeler1879

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ginger pop1887

rozzer1888

nark1890

bull1893

grasshopper1893

truncheon-bearer1896

John1898

finger1899

flatty1899

mug1903

John Dunn1904

John Hop1905

gendarme1906

Johnny Hop1908

pavement pounder1908

buttons1911

flat-foot1913

pounder1919

Hop1923

bogy1925

shamus1925

heat1928

fuzz1929

law1929

narker1932

roach1932

jonnop1938

grass1939

roller1940

Babylon1943

walloper1945

cozzer1950

Old Bill1958

cowboy1959

monaych1961

cozzpot1962

policeperson1965

woolly1965

Fed1966

wolly1970

plod1971

roz1971

Smokey Bear1974

bear1975

beast1978

woodentop1981

Five-O1983

dibble1990

Bow-street runner-

1890 F. 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.

1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xxvii. 327 There's a bunch o' narks at either end of the lane.

1959 A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-distance Runner 27 Don't let that gate creak too much or you'll have the narks tuning-in.

a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) v. 74 I've 'appened on a little something wot the official narks 'aven't cottoned to yet.

1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay xxviii. 334 You're an undercover nark.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

narkv.

Brit.

/nɑːk/, U.S.

/nɑrk/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nark n.

Etymology: < nark n.

slang.

†a. transitive. To watch, look at. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]

inform1588

peach1598

whistle1599

sing1612

whiddlec1661

squeak1690

wheedle1710

whittle1735

to blow the gab1785

snitch1801

rat1810

nose1811

sing1816

gnarl1819

split1819

stag1839

clype1843

squeal1846

blow1848

to round on1857

nark1859

pimp1865

squawk1872

ruck1884

to come or turn copper1891

copper1897

sneak1897

cough1901

stool1911

tattle-tale1918

snout1923

talk1924

fink1925

scream1925

sarbut1928

grass1929

to turn over1967

dime1970

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 67 Nark, to watch, or look after, ‘nark the titter’, watch the girl.

b. intransitive. To act as an informer; to inform on.

ΚΠ

1894 [implied in: A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 260 Hardly had he begun his narking when some of the..mob dropped on him. (at narking n.)].

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 55 It was the sole commandment that ran there: ‘Thou shalt not nark.’

1915 Spectator 7 Aug. 169/1 Even the criminal classes have established ‘Don't nark’ as the first article of the code which inculcates ‘honour amongst thieves’.

1969 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes 106 A peter keeps another peter on the string by saying he will nark on him.

1988 New Yorker 1 Feb. 81/1 She had narked on her husband, or somebody.

a. transitive. To annoy, exasperate, infuriate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex

gremec893

dretchc900

awhenec1000

teenOE

fretc1290

annoyc1300

atrayc1320

encumberc1330

diseasec1340

grindc1350

distemperc1386

offenda1387

arra1400

avexa1400

derea1400

miscomforta1400

angerc1400

engrievec1400

vex1418

molesta1425

entrouble?1435

destroublea1450

poina1450

rubc1450

to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450

disprofit1483

agrea1492

trouble1515

grig1553

mis-set?1553

nip?1553

grate1555

gripe1559

spitec1563

fike?1572

gall1573

corsie1574

corrosive1581

touch1581

disaccommodate1586

macerate1588

perplex1590

thorn1592

exulcerate1593

plague1595

incommode1598

affret1600

brier1601

to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603

discommodate1606

incommodate1611

to grate on or upon1631

disincommodate1635

shog1636

ulcerate1647

incommodiate1650

to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653

discommodiate1654

discommode1657

ruffle1659

regrate1661

disoblige1668

torment1718

pesta1729

chagrin1734

pingle1740

bothera1745

potter1747

wherrit1762

to tweak the nose of1784

to play up1803

tout1808

rasp1810

outrage1818

worrit1818

werrit1825

buggerlug1850

taigle1865

get1867

to give a person the pip1881

to get across ——1888

nark1888

eat1893

to twist the tail1895

dudgeon1906

to tweak the tail of1909

sore1929

to put up1930

wouldn't it rip you!1941

sheg1943

to dick around1944

cheese1946

to pee off1946

to honk off1970

to fuck off1973

to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977

to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983

to wind up1984

to dick about1996

to-teen-

1888 J. Dalby Mayroyd of Mytholm II. 45 That's just what he's ta'en to him for, just to nark Mayroyd.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 105 It narks yan a bit ta see sec wark.

1916 Anzac Bk. 142 But wot narks us more than any Is to 'ear the sergeant say: ‘..There ain't no jam today!’

1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 78 It narked her that everyone was eating out of her hand except me.

1993 I. Milner Intersecting Lines 43 Hughie..had..little respect for his elder brother, whom he delighted in narking.

b. intransitive. To complain, grumble, nag.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

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aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

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storm?1553

expostulate1561

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swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xix. 299 That's very like the Tippinses to nark like that.

1945 Daily Sketch 20 Apr. 2/2 So long as there is not economic freedom for everybody, what is the point of constantly narking about State-planning?

1968 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 11 July c14/1 In Britain, to nark is to nag, scold, annoy or irritate. Mrs. Ewing, a vivacious blonde, narks mostly about home rule for Scotland.

3. transitive. To cease, desist, stop. Frequently in imperative with it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

1889 Sporting 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.

1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Feb. 20 It was 'ard luck when a bloke narked the show.

1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 290 ‘Nark your laughing for a minute,’ said Jock, ‘here's Shaggy and the kid.’

1973 N. Graham Murder in Dark Room xxiii. 162 ‘Nark it,’ I said. ‘I want a little bit of information from you.’

1981 T. Wogan Day Job 81 Nark it Syd, join the queue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nark
释义	narkn. Brit. /nɑːk/, U.S. /nɑrk/ Forms: 1800s– nark, 1900s– narc. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps < Angloromani nok nose (1863 in B. C. Smart Dial. Eng. Gypsies; compare Welsh Romani nakh , European Romani nak ); for the semantic development, compare the earlier use of nose in the sense ‘informer’ (see nose n. 4) and such uses as to poke one's nose into at nose n. Phrases 1d(b). However, the rendering of the Romani short vowel (o or a ) as a(r) in English is unusual. Also, the assumed development would require that the Romani word had an extended sense denoting a person, but this is not attested; if it did occur, it would most probably have been calqued on English nose ‘informer’, which would require that sense 2 should be the earlier sense. Compare also knark n., which, if it is merely a variant of the present word, would appear to confirm the priority of sense 1. E. Partridge Dict. Underworld (1949) at cited word suggests that the word may be shortened < French narquois (adjective) mocking (1842), cunning, deceitful (1694; earlier in sense ‘slang’ 1653), (noun; now archaic) vagabond soldier (c1590), (obsolete) thief, crook (1620; also in sense ‘slang’ (1611)), of uncertain origin. In later use there is some convergence between sense 2 and narc n. slang. 1. a. An annoying, unpleasant, obstructive, or quarrelsome person. In later use chiefly Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys noyera1382 annoyancec1405 offender?a1425 fretter?1504 traik1513 vexer1530 annoying1566 annoyer1577 plagueship1628 annoyancer1632 disobliger1648 nuisance1661 galler1674 bug1785 torment1785 botheration1801 nark1846 scunner1865 bother1866 botherer1869 crucifier1870 dinlo1873 bastard1919 skelf1927 dick1966 wazzock1976 knob jockey1989 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 68 They are the rankest narks vot ever God put guts into, or ever farted in a kickses case. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands i. 12 ‘Yeh know, Feathers, she's no bally nark; er bloke kin trust 'er,’ he said. 1918 Aussie: Austral. Soldiers' Mag. Sept. 2/2 Orright, then, Madame, I can be a nark, too! I know where there's..fat, juicy frogs, and you wont get one of 'em! 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren 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. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 6 Nark, a troublemaker who interrupts the rhythm of the shed. A nark shearer only hurts himself. 1991 S. Eldred-Grigg Shining City 17 He's a nark when he's had one too many. b. An annoying or unpleasant thing or situation; a source of irritation; (also) a fit of anger or pique. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation thornc1230 dreicha1275 painc1375 cumbrance1377 diseasec1386 a hair in one's necka1450 molestationc1460 incommodity?a1475 melancholya1475 ensoigne1477 annoyance1502 traik1513 incommode1518 corsie1548 eyesore1548 fashery1558 cross1573 spite1577 corrosive1578 wasp1588 cumber1589 infliction1590 gall1591 distaste1602 plague1604 rub1642 disaccommodation1645 disgust1654 annoyment1659 bogle1663 rubber1699 noyancea1715 chagrins1716 ruffle1718 fasha1796 nuisance1814 vex1815 drag1857 bugbear1880 nark1918 pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933 sod1940 chizz1953 1918 in D. MacKenzie & L. Malcolm Boots, Belts, Rifle & Pack (1992) 65 It is a nark being placed in Auckland [Regiment] rather than Otago. 1926 R. R. Terry Shanty Bk. II. 25 When they went to church to say ‘I will’, the drummer got a nark. [Note] Nark, a disagreeable surprise. 1947 Book (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 23 ‘It's a nark, isn't it,’ she said. ‘I thought you'd get by without the op.’ 1966 P. 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. 2. a. An informer; spec. (more fully copper's nark) a police informer. Cf. nose n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer setter1630 nose1789 mouchard1802 rat1818 stool-pigeon1830 knark1851 police informer1851 nark1859 telegraph1864 copper1885 sarbut1897 Noah's Ark1898 stool1906 snout1910 finger1914 policeman1923 stoolie1924 shelf1926 grass1929 grasshopper1937 grasser1950 stukach1969 supergrass1975 1859 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Nark [printed Nard], a person who obtains information under seal of confidence, and afterwards breaks faith. 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Nark, a person in the pay of the police; a common informer. 1879 Notes & Queries 24 May 406 Copper's nark, a police spy. 1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 260 He resolved to..become a nark—a copper's nark—which is a police spy or informer. 1916 G. 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. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. 31 He was a nark, nose, snout, grass, squeaker, or whatever coarse word is current for it. 1994 Daily Mail 29 Sept. 10/4 The concerned citizen in the leafy suburbs who alerts the police to criminal activity is the ‘copper's nark’ in some other areas. b. A police officer. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- 1890 F. 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. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xxvii. 327 There's a bunch o' narks at either end of the lane. 1959 A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-distance Runner 27 Don't let that gate creak too much or you'll have the narks tuning-in. a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) v. 74 I've 'appened on a little something wot the official narks 'aven't cottoned to yet. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay xxviii. 334 You're an undercover nark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). narkv. Brit. /nɑːk/, U.S. /nɑrk/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nark n. Etymology: < nark n. slang. 1. †a. transitive. To watch, look at. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 67 Nark, to watch, or look after, ‘nark the titter’, watch the girl. b. intransitive. To act as an informer; to inform on. ΚΠ 1894 [implied in: A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 260 Hardly had he begun his narking when some of the..mob dropped on him. (at narking n.)]. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 55 It was the sole commandment that ran there: ‘Thou shalt not nark.’ 1915 Spectator 7 Aug. 169/1 Even the criminal classes have established ‘Don't nark’ as the first article of the code which inculcates ‘honour amongst thieves’. 1969 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes 106 A peter keeps another peter on the string by saying he will nark on him. 1988 New Yorker 1 Feb. 81/1 She had narked on her husband, or somebody. 2. a. transitive. To annoy, exasperate, infuriate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1888 J. Dalby Mayroyd of Mytholm II. 45 That's just what he's ta'en to him for, just to nark Mayroyd. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 105 It narks yan a bit ta see sec wark. 1916 Anzac Bk. 142 But wot narks us more than any Is to 'ear the sergeant say: ‘..There ain't no jam today!’ 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 78 It narked her that everyone was eating out of her hand except me. 1993 I. Milner Intersecting Lines 43 Hughie..had..little respect for his elder brother, whom he delighted in narking. b. intransitive. To complain, grumble, nag. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xix. 299 That's very like the Tippinses to nark like that. 1945 Daily Sketch 20 Apr. 2/2 So long as there is not economic freedom for everybody, what is the point of constantly narking about State-planning? 1968 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 11 July c14/1 In Britain, to nark is to nag, scold, annoy or irritate. Mrs. Ewing, a vivacious blonde, narks mostly about home rule for Scotland. 3. transitive. To cease, desist, stop. Frequently in imperative with it. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1889 Sporting 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. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Feb. 20 It was 'ard luck when a bloke narked the show. 1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 290 ‘Nark your laughing for a minute,’ said Jock, ‘here's Shaggy and the kid.’ 1973 N. Graham Murder in Dark Room xxiii. 162 ‘Nark it,’ I said. ‘I want a little bit of information from you.’ 1981 T. Wogan Day Job 81 Nark it Syd, join the queue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846v.1859
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