mag
noun
mag
1 American
[mag]
/ mæg /
noun
Informal.
mag
2
American
[mag]
/ mæg /
noun
-
a magpie.
-
talk; chatter.
verb (used without object)
magged,
magging
Mag
3
American
[mag]
/ mæg /
noun
mag.
4
American
abbreviation
-
magazine.
-
magnetism.
-
magneto.
-
magnitude.
-
(in prescriptions) large.
mag
1
British
/ mæɡ /
verb
noun
mag.
2
British
abbreviation
-
magazine
-
magnitude
mag
3
British
/ mæɡ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mag1
Shortened form
Origin of mag2
Shortened form of magpie
Origin of mag.4
From the Latin word magnus
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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
So I did what I said not to do!” she told the mag, explaining that she broke her own rule “because he’s just so special.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
Maybe you’re one of the lucky few who can see mag 7 stars.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
I put down one mag and started on the next one.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Outside of Nvidia and Apple, capital returns aren’t large at any of the Mag Seven stocks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Its shares slid nearly 7% Thursday amid a broader tech selloff that erased hundreds of billions of dollars from the Mag 7 stocks’ value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
And before the opening bell, we break down why individual investors—once the Mag Seven’s most enthusiastic fans—are pulling back from tech heavyweights like Microsoft and Apple in favor of newer AI trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Ever since the disgusting baths at the Mosses’ and the quick showers at Lake Mag, my idea of heaven was soaking in a tub of fresh, bubbly water.
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
Go in and win, say I. I’m sending with this an English mag. or two, with interviews in to show you the style of thing they need.
From In the Mist of the Mountains by J. Macfarlane
I tackled Phillis about it, and she said the mag. was meant to be serious, not comic.
From The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life by Angela Brazil
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
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
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
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
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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