mag

[ mag ]

/ mæg /

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noun Informal.

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Origin of mag

Shortened form

Other definitions for mag (2 of 4)

mag²

[ mag ]

/ mæg /

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

Other definitions for mag (3 of 4)

Mag

[ mag ]

/ mæg /

noun

a female given name, form of Margaret.

Other definitions for mag (4 of 4)

mag.

abbreviation

magazine.

magnetism.

magneto.

magnitude.

(in prescriptions) large.

Origin of mag.

From the Latin word magnus

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How to use mag in a sentence

You can put mag wheels on a Gremlin,” commented one long time Michigan observer, “but that doesn't make it a Mustang.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Conservatives were quick to jump on the charges: websites like Twitchy and FrontPage Mag soon joined the anti-Tyson charge.
The Right’s War on Neil deGrasse Tyson|Tim Mak|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To release this feminist anthem through what is essentially a lad mag that guys read at barbershops?
Jenny Lewis on 'The Voyager,' the End of Rilo Kiley, and High School Classmate Angelina Jolie|Marlow Stern|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
She would buy so and so many yards of percale for new shirt waists for the boys and Janie and Mag.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
When Sanny Robertson came home that afternoon, he found Mag with swollen lips and half closed eyes and a face bruised all over.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Mag ay cried that it was best to mak' a splash aboot the things you did; but, by sirs, she has made yin this time.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Black Jock saw Mag Robertson's eyes staring at him, as he hurried over the moor.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Mu ra ka mag napildi sa sugal, You look as if you lost in gambling.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for mag (1 of 3)

mag¹

/ (mæɡ) /

noun

informal See magazine

British Dictionary definitions for mag (2 of 3)

mag²

/ (mæɡ) informal intr mainly Australian /

verb mags, magging or magged

to talk; chatter

noun

talk; chatter

Word Origin for mag

C18: from Mag, see magpie

British Dictionary definitions for mag (3 of 3)

mag.

abbreviation for

magazine

magnitude

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