NARC

narc, nark, narcotics agent

(noun) a lawman concerned with narcotics violations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

(slang) A narcotics squad police officer.

Etymology 2

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

(slang) Alternative spelling of nark (spy)

Verb

narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)

(slang) Alternative spelling of nark

Etymology 3

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).

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

narc (plural narcs)

(informal) A narcissist.

Anagrams

• Carn, Cran, NRCA, cRNA, carn, cran, cran-, crna

Source: Wiktionary



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