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English
Verb
rark up (third-person singular simple present rarks up, present participle rarking up, simple past and past participle rarked up)
- (New Zealand, slang, transitive) To tell (someone) off.
- (New Zealand, slang, transitive) To provoke or hurry (someone) into doing something.
2019 August 23, “Top darts players converge on Hamilton”, in Radio NZ:Helping to rark-up the crowd at any world series event is MC John McDonald.
- (New Zealand, slang, transitive) To make (someone) angry or annoyed.
2016 June 6, “Nightmare neighbour promises to tidy up his act”, in Stuff:I know I rark up the neighbours a bit . . . I'm settling down a bit now though.
Noun
rark up (plural rark ups)
- (New Zealand, slang) A telling off.
2016 September 26, “'Bit of a rark-up' from Sir Ed”, in Otago Daily Times: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.
- (New Zealand, slang) A provocation.
References
- Dunedin City Council Website archive