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mag

1 American  
[mag] / mæg /

noun

Informal.
  1. magazine.


mag 2 American  
[mag] / mæg /

noun

  1. a magpie.

  2. talk; chatter.


verb (used without object)

magged, magging
  1. to talk idly; chatter.

Mag 3 American  
[mag] / mæg /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Margaret.


mag. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. magazine.

  2. magnetism.

  3. magneto.

  4. magnitude.

  5. (in prescriptions) large.


mag 1 British  
/ mæɡ /

verb

  1. to talk; chatter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. talk; chatter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
mag. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. magazine

  2. magnitude

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mag 3 British  
/ mæɡ /

noun

  1. informal See magazine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mag1

Shortened form

Origin of mag2

Shortened form of magpie

Origin of mag.4

From the Latin word magnus


Example Sentences

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Whether or not you care about infidelity and hosts’ personal lives, listeners to Huberman’s podcast should not sweep aside the contents of the New York mag story as mere gossip.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024

Not just Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in this month's glossy mag, or news that "discreet chic" is back and flamboyant "statement gowns" are out!

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024

“I don’t want to die,” the People cover star said in this week’s issue, telling the mag that she’s hoping to inspire others by focusing on her future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Maybe you’re one of the lucky few who can see mag 7 stars.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023

When it’s my turn to talk about my day, I share lit mag news.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Outside of Nvidia and Apple, capital returns aren’t large at any of the Mag Seven stocks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

“In our view, the Mag 7 is dead as a construct for assessing large-cap growth dynamics, and it has been for some time,” say strategists at Citi, led by Scott Chronert.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

“The Mag Seven for years were the market darlings,” said Bret Kenwell, U.S. investment analyst at eToro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“When you were looking for growth, you wanted to be in the Mag Seven,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Mrs. Chavez loaned her the striped shirt that had had the buttons torn off at Lake Mag.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

“Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Enemata, composed of mag. sulphas and warm water, were frequently thrown into the intestines; as soon as one came away another was thrown up.

From The Dog by William Youatt

Dear Editor: In the short time your mag. has been out, it has already established itself as the best in the field.

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

I can take off the mag. and see if anything's wrong there; but I'm pretty sure there ain't.

From Cabin Fever by B. M. Bower

Did I ask you to send me my books and papers, and all the bound volumes of the mag.? quorum pars.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang

Beef Tea   She never magged; she never said no word;   But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred.

From The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis

Worn, fretted, and stretched rope, as a magged brace.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

But I'm bound the members as silenced us, in doing it had plenty of magging.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood

And I suppose I'd been magging so hard all yesterday about myself that I hadn't given the girl a chance to put her life history across me!

From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck

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