Benz
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Ellipsis of Mercedes-Benz. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
"It was a Benz, an unusual car in this neighborhood, blue with a thick white stripe bisecting the hood, the roof, and the trunk."
- 2 The drug amphetamine, used recreationally for its stimulant effects. slang, uncountable
"Now from taking all this Benz and scrumpy and stuff, I wasn’t all that bright on remembering where I had been and what I was doing most of the time, and even when people spoke to me it took me about two minutes to register what they had said."
- 3 Clipping of benners (“a bag of cannabis worth £10”). UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
"What's that smell in the chеst of drawers? / Young boy sellin' them benz and scores / Gotta get rich in desperate cause / Talk about drill, gotta mention moi"
- 1 A surname from German.
Example
More examples"He has two cars; one is a Benz and the other is a Porsche."
Etymology
From German Benz.
Clipping of benzedrine, originally a brand name for amphetamine. Possibly influenced by Benz (short for Mercedes-Benz), alluding to its high speed.
Clipping of benners, an alteration of tenners, plural of tenner (“a £10 banknote”).
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.