Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rark up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rark up
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tell (someone) off.

New Zealand usage; Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To provoke or hurry (someone) into doing something.

New Zealand usage; Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To make (someone) angry or annoyed.

New Zealand usage; Slang; Transitive verb

noun

New Zealand usage; Slang

noun

New Zealand usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Helping to rark-up the crowd at any world series event is MC John McDonald."
"I know I rark up the neighbours a bit . . . I'm settling down a bit now though."
"I lived to tell the tale, but after I got dragged out of the crevasse, I got a bit of a rark-up, which was totally reasonable."

Etymology

Unknown. [1990s].

Origin

First known use: [1990s]

Usage

Inflected Forms

rarks up (present, singular) rarking up (participle, present) rarked up (participle, past) rarked up (past) rark ups (plural)

Questions

What does rark up mean?: To tell (someone) off.
Where does rark up come from?: First known use: [1990s].

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