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Merc

noun
/mɜːk/UK/mɝk/CA

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A Mercedes-Benz automobile.

    • His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs.
    • Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc

  2. A Ford-Mercury automobile

    • a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8

  3. Clipping of Mercury dime.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A mercenary.

      • 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?”

    2. To kill.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA