narking

Verb

nark (third-person singular simple present narks, present participle narking, simple past and past participle narked)

1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
   • “If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint.

   Synonyms:

   rat, tattle, bewray, blow the whistle, clepe, denounce, dime, dime out, dob, drop a dime

2. (slang, transitive) To annoy or irritate.
   • It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.

   Synonyms:

   irk, vex, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize

3. (intransitive, slang) To complain.
   • He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
4. (imperative, often, slang, transitive) To stop.
   • Nark it! I hear someone coming!

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