merc

noun

1. (Commonwealth, UK, especially, slang)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. (US, dated, especially)A Ford-Mercury automobile

   “a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of Mercury dime.

   “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!”

4. (slang)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?””

verb

1. (slang, transitive)To kill.