narc

«narc» in Mova's school dictionary: A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a narc, narcs); verb (narc, narcs, narced, narcing) — slang

meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, US) A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs. tree →

2) (slang) A person who tells on others to a teacher, parent or the police; a snitch or tell-tale. tree →

3) (slang) To tell on someone. tree →

4) (slang) Short for «narcissist», a very selfish, vain person. tree →

sense in the lessons

This word is street and playground slang, not used in school writing. Children may hear «don't be a narc» meaning «don't tell the teacher». In US crime films a «narc» is a drug police officer. It tells the reader the speaker sees someone as disloyal or a spy.

examples

• «Don't be a narc and tell Miss,» said Jayden. tree →
• In the film, the narc pretended to be a student. tree →
• He narced on us about the broken window. tree →
• Nobody likes a narc, but telling an adult about danger is the right thing to do. tree →
• She called her ex a narc because he only cared about himself. tree →
• The older boys thought the new kid was a narc. tree →

note

Slang; also spelled «nark» in the UK (an old word for a police informer, and «narky» in the UK means grumpy). Safety point: telling a trusted adult when someone is hurt or in danger is not «being a narc»; it is being responsible. Comes from «narcotics».

In the corpora

• Slang check: "narc" means a telltale; a "fiver" is a £5 note.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «narc» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.