narc

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈnɑːk/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈnɑɹk/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈnä̝ːk/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Hyphenation: narc Homophone: nark === Etymology 1 === Clipping of narcotics (control) officer. ==== Alternative forms ==== narco ==== Noun ==== narc (plural narcs) (informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”). ==== Noun ==== narc (plural narcs) (informal, colloquial) Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”). ==== Verb ==== narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced) (informal, colloquial) Alternative spelling of nark. ==== See also ==== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of narcosis. ==== Verb ==== narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced) (underwater diving, slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving). ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Clipping of narcissist. ==== Noun ==== narc (plural narcs) (colloquial, informal) A narcissist. === Anagrams === Carn, Cran, NRCA, cRNA, carn, cran, cran-, crna == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== narc ? (plural narcs, diminutive narcje n) a narcissistic person === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== narc ? (plural narcs, diminutive narcje n) a police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control