rark up

present singular third person rarks up · participle present rarking up · participle past rarked up · past rarked up

1. New ZealandslangtransitiveTo tell (someone) off.
2. New ZealandslangtransitiveTo provoke or hurry (someone) into doing something.

   Helping to rark-up the crowd at any world series event is MC John McDonald.

   2019 August 23, “Top darts players converge on Hamilton”, in Radio NZ

3. New ZealandslangtransitiveTo make (someone) angry or annoyed.

   I know I rark up the neighbours a bit . . . I'm settling down a bit now though.

   2016 June 6, “Nightmare neighbour promises to tidy up his act”, in Stuff

plural rark ups

1. New ZealandslangA telling off.

   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.

   2016 September 26, “'Bit of a rark-up' from Sir Ed”, in Otago Daily Times

2. New ZealandslangA provocation.