rark
/rɑːk
/verb [with object] (usually rark someone up) NZ informal
Annoy or irritate (someone): mentioning it would only rark people up again...
- We don't want to rark anyone up here.
- Once they have rarked them up, they will just desert them.
- If he turns up a bit earlier today and rarks us up in his own unique style, it could be a ripper.
Origin
1990s: origin unknown.
- holiday job
- holiday loading
- holidaymaker
- holiday resort
- holiday season
- holiday traffic
- holiday village
- holier-than-thou
- holiness
- Holinshed, Raphael
- holism
- holist
- holistic
- holistically
- holla
- holland
- hollandaise sauce
- Hollande, François
- Hollander
- Hollands
- holler
- Hollerith, Herman
- hollow
- hollow atom
- hollow-cheeked