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merch

UK/mɜːtʃ/US/mɝt͡ʃ/

merch noun: goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

Noun

merch (uncountable)

  1. (informal) goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
    • His playful point of view on youthful American sportswear, expressed in boxy mohair jackets with graphic resin bubble buttons and tomboy T-shirt dresses in superfine chiffon as bright as tangerine sorbet, is backed up with what stores would describe as the merch: easy scoop-neck cashmere sweaters...2007 February 15, Eric Wilson, “Babes in Label Land”, in New York Times
    1. (especially, informal) goods connected with an entity whose primary activity is not the production or sale of such goods, such as a team, band, work of fiction, etc.
      • Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub.2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business
      • With almost two months until Inauguration Day, fans who were "With Her" (or are still "With Her") can grab Clinton merch — now at deeply marked-down prices.2016 November 15, Sam Reed, “Still Fired Up? Hillary Clinton Merch Marked Down to Move”, in Hollywood Reporter

Verb

merch (third-person singular simple present merches, present participle merching, simple past and past participle merched)

  1. (rare, slang) To merchandise.
    • Maligned by rockers, misunderstood by critics, and merched by Madison Avenue, rave may be the only vital youth culture remaining.1995, SPIN, volume 11, number 1, page 10
  2. (slang, Chicago) To provide proof.
    • And I can merch on my homie, I'm used to ridin' 'round by my lonely2014 November 13, “Killa” (track 3), in Young Pappy (lyrics), 2 Cups: Part 2 of EveryThing, 0:56

Forms of merch

third-person singular presentmerches
present participlemerching
past participlemerched
pastmerched

Origin of merch

Clipping of merchandise.

Words that rhyme with merch

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about merch

What does merch mean?
Merch means goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
What part of speech is merch?
Merch can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce merch?
Merch is pronounced /mɝt͡ʃ/ (US).

Words near merch in the dictionary

  1. mercers
  2. Mercersburg theology
  3. mercership
  4. Mercerville
  5. mercery
  6. merch
  7. Merch.
  8. Merchan
  9. merchand
  10. merchanded
  11. merchanding

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: merch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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