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narc¹

  • /ˈnɑːk/ General South African, UK
  • /ˈnɑɹk/ Canada, US
  • /ˈnä̝ːk/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like nark · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Clipping of narcotics (control) officer.

noun narcs · narco

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

narc²

  • /ˈnɑːk/ General South African, UK
  • /ˈnɑɹk/ Canada, US
  • /ˈnä̝ːk/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like nark · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

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

noun narcs

  1. alternative, colloquial, informal Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”).

verb narcs · narcing · narced

  1. alternative, colloquial, informal Alternative spelling of nark

narc³

  • /ˈnɑːk/ General South African, UK
  • /ˈnɑɹk/ Canada, US
  • /ˈnä̝ːk/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like nark · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Clipping of narcosis.

verb narcs · narcing · narced

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

narc⁴

  • /ˈnɑːk/ General South African, UK
  • /ˈnɑɹk/ Canada, US
  • /ˈnä̝ːk/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like nark · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Clipping of narcissist.

noun narcs

  1. colloquial, informal A narcissist.

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noun narcotics officer

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@misc{narc_2026,
  title = {narc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/narc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}