merk

plural merks

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of mark.
2. ScotlandalternativeAlternative form of mark.

present singular third person merks · participle present merking · participle past merked · past merked

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of murk (“to murder”).

   But what I realized was, for however much I want to rep the motherland, be bitter towards America for merking 1/20 of Japan's population, I actually know next to nothing about Japan.

   2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN

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   In truth, there are Easter eggs planted in just about every frame of Ready Player One, which never misses an opportunity to insert a recognizable character (hey, is that Jason Voorhees getting merked during the film’s first-person shooter level?) or toss a sop to the faithful.

   2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018

2. slangAfrican-American VernacularTo run.

   If you hear the law coming, you merk on [run away from]^([sic]) them niggas.

   2014 May 8, Alice Goffman, “How Poor Young Black Men Run from the Police”, in Vice, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2016

plural Merks

1. A surname.