Merc

//mɜːk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Mercedes-Benz automobile. Commonwealth, UK, especially, slang

    "His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs."

  2. 2
    A Ford-Mercury automobile US, dated, especially

    "a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8"

  3. 3
    A mercenary. slang

    "He had a feeling the scarf was the one he'd really have to watch out for; he couldn't say why. “What if those mercs scope us leaving?”"

  4. 4
    Clipping of Mercury dime. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "When I was 4 years old, my mother saved dimes, mostly Mercury Dimes, and periodically rolled them and took them to the bank. At that age, I once swallowed a Merc as I awoke from a nap after having spilled the contents of my piggy bank on to my bed. I woke up with something in my mouth and half asleep, I swallowed it...painful though it was and I can still remember it vividly 53 years later!"

Verb
  1. 1
    To kill. slang, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Mercury.

Etymology 3

Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.

Etymology 4

Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.

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