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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NARK

Probably from Romany nāk nose.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NARK

nark  [nɑːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NARK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nark is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb nark in English.

WHAT DOES NARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nark in the English dictionary

The first definition of nark in the dictionary is an informer or spy, esp one working for the police. Other definition of nark is a person who complains irritatingly. Nark is also a spoilsport.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NARK

PRESENT

Present
I nark
you nark
he/she/it narks
we nark
you nark
they nark
Present continuous
I am narking
you are narking
he/she/it is narking
we are narking
you are narking
they are narking
Present perfect
I have narked
you have narked
he/she/it has narked
we have narked
you have narked
they have narked
Present perfect continuous
I have been narking
you have been narking
he/she/it has been narking
we have been narking
you have been narking
they have been narking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I narked
you narked
he/she/it narked
we narked
you narked
they narked
Past continuous
I was narking
you were narking
he/she/it was narking
we were narking
you were narking
they were narking
Past perfect
I had narked
you had narked
he/she/it had narked
we had narked
you had narked
they had narked
Past perfect continuous
I had been narking
you had been narking
he/she/it had been narking
we had been narking
you had been narking
they had been narking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will nark
you will nark
he/she/it will nark
we will nark
you will nark
they will nark
Future continuous
I will be narking
you will be narking
he/she/it will be narking
we will be narking
you will be narking
they will be narking
Future perfect
I will have narked
you will have narked
he/she/it will have narked
we will have narked
you will have narked
they will have narked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been narking
you will have been narking
he/she/it will have been narking
we will have been narking
you will have been narking
they will have been narking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would nark
you would nark
he/she/it would nark
we would nark
you would nark
they would nark
Conditional continuous
I would be narking
you would be narking
he/she/it would be narking
we would be narking
you would be narking
they would be narking
Conditional perfect
I would have nark
you would have nark
he/she/it would have nark
we would have nark
you would have nark
they would have nark
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been narking
you would have been narking
he/she/it would have been narking
we would have been narking
you would have been narking
they would have been narking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you nark
we let´s nark
you nark
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to nark
Past participle
narked
Present Participle
narking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NARK


arc
ɑːk
at.
ɑːk
bookmark
ˈbʊkˌmɑːk
Clark
klɑːk
dark
dɑːk
dat.
dɑːk
Denmark
ˈdɛnmɑːk
Irak
ɪˈrɑːk
Iraq
ɪˈrɑːk
landmark
ˈlændˌmɑːk
lat.
lɑːk
marc
mɑːk
mark
mɑːk
marque
mɑːk
mat.
mɑːk
park
pɑːk
shark
ʃɑːk
spark
spɑːk
stark
stɑːk
trademark
ˈtreɪdˌmɑːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NARK

nard
nardine
nardoo
nares
narghile
nargile
nargileh
narial
naric
naricorn
narine
naris
nark at someone
nark it
narked
narkier
narkiest
narky
Narmada
narquois

WORDS THAT END LIKE NARK

amusement park
ark
bark
benchmark
business park
car park
Danmark
hallmark
Hyde Park
lark
national park
Newark
Registered Trademark
remark
Steiermark
the mark
the park
theme park
tiger shark
waymark

Synonyms and antonyms of nark in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NARK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nark» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nark
aggravate · annoy · bother · bug · exasperate · gall · irk · irritate · miff · nettle · peeve · pique · provoke · rile

Translation of «nark» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NARK

Find out the translation of nark to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nark from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nark» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

nark
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nark
570 millions of speakers

English

nark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुप्तचर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جاسوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шпик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nark
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্ত্যক্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouchard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nark
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spitzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nark
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nark
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chọc giận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோபமுறுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नार्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhbir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

informatore della polizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nark
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шпик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nark
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nark
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pesten
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Nark
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nark
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nark

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NARK»

The term «nark» is normally little used and occupies the 110.332 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NARK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nark» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nark» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nark

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NARK»

Discover the use of nark in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nark and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nitrogen Fixation in Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, and the ...
Both functions are unified in a single protein in E. coli, designated NarK, which functions as a nitrate/nitrite antiporter (Demoss and Hsu, 1991; Noji et al., 1989). Although this view has been challenged by Rowe et al, who suggested a role of ...
Dietrich Werner, William E. Newton, 2006
2
Soviet Karelia: Politics, Planning and Terror in Stalin's ...
Second FiveYear Plan' [hereafter 'Perspectives'], 16 February 1932, NARK 700/1/ 839/7. 6 Karplan report to Karelian Obkom, undated (mid1933), KGANI 3/3/118– 39/7, 59 and passim. 7 S. Iakovlev, 'BelomorskoBaltiiskii Vodnyi Put'iego ...
Nick Baron, 2012
3
The Search for a Socialist El Dorado: Finnish Immigration to ...
Leningrad military district. 24. NARK, f. P3, op. 2, d. 708,1. 1–3. 25. NARK, f. R690,op. 1, d. 19/213,1. 19–20. P3,op.2,d. 790,1.1–2. 26. 27. The NationalArchive ofthe Republic ofKarelia has two copies of this memorandum, identicalin contents ...
Alexey Golubev, Irina Takala, 2014
4
Nark
Maureen Frew gave evidence at a trial that put five robbers behind bars.
John Burns, 2000
5
The 1926/27 Soviet Polar Census Expeditions
National Archive of the Komi Republic // Natsional ́nyi Arkhiv Respubliki Komi [ NARK] NARK 140-2-198: 1–18. Instruktsiia dlia registratorov pri proizvodstve imi perepisei tundrovogo khoziaistva. NARK 140-2-200. Poselennye blanki perepisi  ...
David G. Anderson, 2013
6
The Thaw: Soviet Society and Culture during the 1950s and 1960s
GURK NARK 2 2216/14/17a/53. On the anti-religious campaign, see Irina Paert, ' Demistifying the Heavens: Women, Religion and Khrushchev's Anti-Religious Campaign, 1954—64,' in Women in the Khrushchev Era, ed. Melanie Ilic, Susan E.
Denis Kozlov, Eleonory Gilburd, 2013
7
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
75, 1998 narghile noun a water pipe used for smoking marijuana or hashish us • — William D. Alsever. Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p . 16, December 1970 nark noun 1 a police informer UK, 1339 Also spelt 'narc'.
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
8
Prophecy of the Dark King
Her eyes had a cold stare as if to belittle those listening. 'Bringforth ye slayer of drascens. I shall rip thy life from thine body.'Fi'nark walks out to the deck with a smirk. He seemed relieved to see Silvia as it saved him the trouble of locating her .
Adalberto Medina, 2013
9
Yossa's Crystal
the room through green eyes. At Nark's back is a man whose skin is ghostly pale. His hair is jet black as it falls just past his shoulders. Not even a pinprick of light shines from his black eyes. “Get out of here! I told you already that you and yours  ...
Sarah Scott, 2007
10
Fascinating Folktales of Thailand
Mae Nark Phra Khanong is a ghost story that has been told and retold for several decades. It was said that the story originated in Phra Khanong district of Bangkok. At that time, the district was still undeveloped similar to the present-day rural ...
Thanapol (Lamduan) Chadchaidee

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nark is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Inmate death never made sense - family
... after a 'contender' bout, but the prisoner refused to let him raise the fights with authorities because he was afraid of being labelled a nark. «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
2
A stress-free decision
Homeowners Jean Marc Guyomar and his wife Nark were so happy with their David Wilson home in Yorkshire that when they moved they ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
3
Montgomery County and Frederick County home sales
Golf Course Lane, 5-Joseph H. and Jeannette K. Clark to Nark M. and Dorothy B. Rust, $245,000. Moser Cir., 221-Pennymac Mortgage ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Honor Roll: Willoughby South High School, Fourth Quarter, 2014 …
... Jack Matuszak, Milan Mlinac, Matthew Musarra, Nicole Nark, Natalie O'Brien, Samuel Orians, Kendall Orlandi, Alexandra Paris, Mario Patete, ... «News-Herald.com, Jul 15»
5
A day at the beach?
Continued Nark, “At 1:04 p.m.,” a time when there's usually a high number of swimmers in the water, “Mary Lee pinged again, this time 12 miles ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
6
West Seattle Crime Watch: 'Loose Change Bandit' followup; P-Patch …
As Officers Joel Nark and Jason Ross arrived at the scene, they saw the burglar emerging from the home, carrying an armload of bags. «West Seattle Blog, Jul 15»
7
BSA Group Enters Agreement with BuildingIQ to Provide Energy …
... always-on hospitals and shopping centers with heavy foot traffic,” said Michael Nark, CEO of BuildingIQ. “With Predictive Energy Optimization ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
8
Rutgers-Camden names Gartland new cross country head coach
He also was a Facilities and Employee Manager with Nark Pools Inc. (2012-2013). Gartland earned seven varsity letters during his scholastic ... «South Jersey Local News, Jul 15»
9
Rishi Kapoor miffed with abusive tweet
The 62-year-old, replied to the nark saying, “Bahut naam bada kar raha hai apne maa baap ka, ke sahi taleem Di hai Isse. Shame!” “One must ... «Parda Phash, Jul 15»
10
The last of the Jersey Shore fishing piers
By Jason Nark Of the Philadelphia Daily News (TNS). Hurricane Sandy (2012). The last of the Jersey Shore fishing piers. Some days on the fishing pier, all you ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»

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