merc

plural mercs

1. slangA 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?”

   1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 199

   Synonyms: adventurer, bravo, condottiere, filibuster, freebooter, freelance, free companion, hired gun

present singular third person mercs · participle present mercing · participle past merced · past merced

1. slangtransitiveTo kill.

plural Mercs

1. CommonwealthUKespeciallyslangA Mercedes-Benz automobile.

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

   1 more example

   Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc

   2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants

plural Mercs

1. USdatedespeciallyA Ford-Mercury automobile

   a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8

2. abbreviationclippingnumismatic slangClipping of Mercury dime.

   1 more example

   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!

   2002 October 9, UsterDay72, “Your First Time (on topic :) and long”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet), retrieved 03 Jan 2023