nark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑːk/
enpr: näk
ipa: /nɑːɹk/
enpr: närk
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: narc
Forms: form: narks
form: narc
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Angloromani nok (“nose”), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), ultimately a doublet of nose.
Senses: examples: text: So I went and laid down on the grass. While laying there I piped a reeler whom I knew. He had a nark (a policeman's spy) with him. So I went and looked about for my two pals, and told them to look out for F. and his nark.
ref: 1879 October, J[ohn] W[illiam] Horsley, “Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves’ Language”, in Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XL, number 240, London: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, page 505, column 1:
text: the bystander. […] She thought you was a copper's nark, sir. / the note taker [with quick interest] Whats a copper's nark? / the bystander [inapt at definition] It's a—well, it's a copper's nark, as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act I, pages 109–110:
text: When we got to the Chief of Police's office a crowd of the most dreadful-looking scoundrels, obviously police narks, informers, and spies of every kind, were hanging about outside the door.
ref: 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: abaddon
word: accuser
word: beefer
word: bewrayer
word: bigmouth
word: blabber
word: blabtale
word: blabtongue
word: canary
word: CI
word: finger
word: fink
word: fizgig
word: gossip
word: grass
word: informant
word: informer
word: jurat
word: leak
word: mole
word: narc
word: nark
word: nonce
word: outer
word: peacher
word: quisling
word: rat
word: ratfink
word: rooster
word: sneak
word: snitch
word: snout
word: squealer
word: state's evidence
word: stooge
word: stool pigeon
word: stoolie
word: supergrass
word: sycophant
word: tattler
word: tattletale
word: telltale tit
word: telltale
word: tout
word: whistleblower
glosses: A police spy or informer.
synonyms: word: spoilsport
word: assbucket
word: asshat
word: asshole
word: assmonkey
word: assmouth
word: assmunch
word: assmuncher
word: assbreath
word: assbag
word: asshead
word: assface
word: asstard
word: assfaggot
word: assfag
word: assfuck
word: asscunt
word: assfucker
word: assweed
word: asswipe
word: bag of dicks
word: ball sack
word: bastard
word: berk
word: blackguard
word: buttface
word: butthead
word: buttmunch
word: buttmuncher
word: choad
word: chunk-blower
word: cock gobbler
word: cock-knocker
word: cockmunch
word: cockmuncher
word: cockweasel
word: cockwad
word: cockhead
word: cockface
word: cockwaffle
word: cockwipe
word: cockshit
word: cockbag
word: cocksack
word: cocksucker
word: cocksuck
word: cockbreath
word: cockfag
word: cockfuck
word: cockfucker
word: cullion
word: cumbucket
word: cum guzzler
word: cumrag
word: cumstain
word: cunt
word: cuntard
word: cuntass
word: cuntbag
word: cuntbitch
word: cuntbreath
word: cuntbucket
word: cuntface
word: cunthead
word: cuntmuffin
word: cuntlicker
word: cuntbiscuit
word: cuntfuck
word: cuntfucker
word: cuntlapper
word: cunt muncher
word: cuntrag
word: cuntshit
word: cuntstain
word: cuntsucker
word: cuntwad
word: cuntwipe
word: cuntwaffle
word: cuntweasel
word: cuntweed
word: cuntwhacker
word: dick
word: dickass
word: dickbag
word: dickbiscuit
word: dickbreath
word: dickbucket
word: dickface
word: dickfuck
word: dickfucker
word: dickhead
word: dicklicker
word: dick munch
word: dick muncher
word: dicknose
word: dicknut
word: dicksack
word: dickshit
word: dickstain
word: dickster
word: dicksucker
word: dicktard
word: dickwad
word: dickweasel
word: dickweed
word: dillweed
word: dirtbag
word: dirthead
word: dirtwad
word: douche
word: douchebag
word: douche boat
word: doucheburger
word: douchecanoe
word: douchelord
word: douche nozzle
word: douchewad
word: douchewagon
word: fag
word: faggot
word: faggotface
word: fuck
word: fuckball
word: fuckchop
word: fucker
word: fucknozzle
word: fucktrumpet
word: fuckoid
word: fuckrod
word: fuckweed
word: fuckwit
word: fuckhead
word: fuckface
word: fuckstick
word: fuckstain
word: fuckster
word: fuckskull
word: fuckshit
word: fuckweasel
word: fuckwaffle
word: fuckbag
word: fuckbucket
word: fucknose
word: fucktard
word: fuckmuffin
word: fuckmitten
word: git
word: hosebag
word: jackass
word: jackoff
word: jagoff
word: jagweed
word: jerk
word: jerkball
word: jerko
word: jerkoff
word: jerkwad
word: jerkweed
word: jitbag
word: jizzbag
word: knob-gobbler
word: knob polisher
word: lowlife
word: meanie
word: nark
word: paddock
word: penishead
word: piece of crap
word: piece of garbage
word: piece of junk
word: piece of shit
word: pile of crap
word: pile of shit
word: piece of trash
word: piece of work
word: pig
word: pissface
word: pisspot
word: prick
word: prickhead
word: prickface
word: prickwad
word: pukeball
word: pukestain
word: pussybreath
word: sack of shit
word: schmuck
word: scoundrel
word: scum
word: scumbag
word: scumbreath
word: scumbug
word: scumbutt
word: scumface
word: scumfuck
word: scumhead
word: scumhole
word: scumlord
word: scuzz
word: scuzzball
word: scuzzbucket
word: scuzzoid
word: shitass
word: shitball
word: shitbag
word: shit bird
word: shitcunt
word: shitbreath
word: shitbucket
word: shitcock
word: shitdick
word: shiteater
word: shitguzzler
word: shithook
word: shitlicker
word: shitpot
word: shitrag
word: shithead
word: shitlord
word: shitsack
word: shitface
word: shitwad
word: shitheap
word: shitstain
word: shitheel
word: shitgibbon
word: shitgoblin
word: shitneck
word: shitnuts
word: shitnugget
word: shitfuck
word: shitfucker
word: shitmuncher
word: sleaze
word: sleazeball
word: sleazebag
word: sleazebucket
word: sleazehole
word: sleazewad
word: slimebucket
word: slimeface
word: slimehole
word: slimewad
word: snotbag
word: snotball
word: snotface
word: snothead
word: snotwad
word: sourhead
word: squib
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: undesirable
word: vonce
word: wanker
word: weasel
word: wet wipe
word: arsehole
word: ass
word: assface
word: asshat
word: asshole
word: asswipe
word: bastard
word: bitch
word: blackguard
word: blaggard
word: buttlicker
word: buttmunch
word: carrion
word: cockhead
word: cocklicker
word: cocksucker
word: cowson
word: crud
word: cunt
word: dick
word: dickhead
word: dickwad
word: dickweed
word: dipshit
word: douche
word: douchebag
word: douchecanoe
word: douchewagon
word: earthworm
word: fribble
word: fucker
word: fuckface
word: fuckhead
word: fuckstain
word: fucktard
word: git
word: heel
word: hilding
word: insect
word: jackass
word: jerk
word: loser
word: louse
word: mahfugga
word: mongrel
word: motherfucker
word: paskudnyak
word: pigwidgeon
word: pigfucker
word: prick
word: queef
word: raasclaat
word: ratfink
word: schmuck
word: scrub
word: scut
word: sewer rat
word: sheep-biter
word: shit
word: shitbird
word: shitehawk
word: shitface
word: shithead
word: skate
word: slag
word: son of a bitch
word: son of a gun
word: son of a whore
word: stinker
word: swine
word: turdball
word: twattock
word: wankpuffin
word: whoreson
word: worm
word: yutz
glosses: An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
Related terms: sense: police spy
word: copper's nark