merc
/mɜːk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Clipping of Mercury dime.
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8"
- "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!"
- "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?”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɜːk/
- British English: /mɜːk/
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- American usage
- Dated
- Transitive verb