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narc

UK/ˈnɑːk/US/ˈnɑɹk/

narc noun: a police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control. Also the alternative spelling of nark.

Noun (1)

narc (plural narcs)

  1. (colloquial, informal) A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.

Verb

narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)

  1. (slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).

Noun (2)

narc (plural narcs)

  1. (colloquial, informal) A narcissist.

Also used as

narc is also the alternative spelling of nark.

Forms of narc

Noun
pluralnarcs
alternative formnarco
Verb
third-person singular presentnarcs
present participlenarcing
past participlenarced
pastnarced

Origin of narc

Clipping of narcotics (control) officer.

Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”).

Clipping of narcosis.

Words that rhyme with narc

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Questions about narc

What does narc mean?
Narc means a police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.
What part of speech is narc?
Narc can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce narc?
Narc is pronounced /ˈnɑːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of narc?
The plural of narc is narcs.

Words near narc in the dictionary

  1. Narbethong
  2. Narbonne
  3. Narborough
  4. Narby
  5. Narbys
  6. narc
  7. Narcan
  8. Narcanned
  9. Narcanning
  10. Narcans
  11. narced

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