mag

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noun Informal.

magazine.

Origin of mag

shortened form

mag

[mag]British Dialect

noun

a magpie.
talk; chatter.

verb (used without object), magged, mag·ging.

to talk idly; chatter.

Origin of mag

shortened form of magpie

Mag

[mag]

noun

a female given name, form of Margaret.

mag.

magazine.
magnetism.
magneto.
magnitude.
(in prescriptions) large.

Origin of mag.

From the Latin word magnus

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Related Words for mag

journal, magazine, quarterly, monthly, mag, weekly, rag, sheet, review, slick, number, paper, newspaper, serial, throwaway

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Contemporary Examples of mag

The pictures are on the front page of the mag and eight further pages inside.
First Pap Pics Of Prince George Published
Tom Sykes
February 4, 2014
An AB is a muscle found on magazine covers, an AD in the mag says Virginia's For Lovers.
National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words
David Bukszpan
April 13, 2013
American moviegoers and mag buyers should be given more credit.
‘People’ Magazine’s Sexiest White Man Alive: Channing Tatum
Tricia Romano
November 15, 2012
Enjoy this video of New York Mag's Jonathan Chait explaining the vapidity of the "binders full of women" meme.
Mitt's Binders Full of Affirmative Action
Justin Green
October 18, 2012
A source tells the mag: 'Pippa's been summoned for a crisis meeting.
Will Pippa Dish?
Tom Sykes
October 9, 2012

Historical Examples of mag

My Aunt Bridget she called me 'Mag' when she didn't make it somethin' worse.
Thankful's Inheritance
Joseph C. Lincoln
"Mag's a hungry," in a voice more like scolding than anything else.
The Fairchild Family
Mary Martha Sherwood
And Mag seemed as well content to wait, or rather more so than he was.
The Fairchild Family
Mary Martha Sherwood
Why this should be so large I have no idea nor any means of guessing, for the Mag.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II)
Edmund Downey
See to No. 10 with all the accuracy possible, for in the Mag.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)
Edmund Downey

British Dictionary definitions for mag

mag

noun

informal See magazine

mag

verb mags, magging or magged

to talk; chatter

noun

talk; chatter

Word Origin for mag

C18: from Mag, see magpie

mag.

abbreviation for

magazine
magnitude

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Word Origin and History for mag

"car wheel made of magnesium alloy," 1969. As an abbreviation of magazine, it dates from 1801.

Mag

common pet form of the fem. proper name Margaret, attested since Middle English. Cf. magpie.