mig
or migg
[mig]
- a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- migs, (used with a singular verb) the game of marbles.
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Origin of mig
MiG
or Mig, MIG
[mig]
- any of several Russian-built fighter aircraft, as the MiG-15, a jet used in the Korean War.
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Origin of MiG
named after Artem Mi(koyan) and Mikhail G(urevich), Russian aircraft designers
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Examples from the Web for mig
Contemporary Examples
“Either of the MiG types must be honored, especially in the hands of a competent pilot,” the retired pilot said.
His forces included three infantry divisions, an armored brigade, 60 MiG aircraft, 60 helicopters, and 200 Soviet-made tanks.
The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’Bruce Riedel
July 27, 2014
Historical Examples
Nagsakbang mig balay, Our houses are across from each other.
A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanJohn U. Wolff
She thinks it is something great; but it's only Mig, after all.
Real FolksMrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Mrs. Mig's sick friends always have nurses and waiting maids—Mrs. F—— Rachel!
Real FolksMrs. A. D. T. Whitney
And a couple of men drove onto that south eighty of Mig's with a load of lumber, just as I come by.
The Flying U's Last StandB. M. Bower
MiG
- any of various types of Russian and former Soviet fighter aircraft
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Word Origin
from Mi (koyan) and G (urevich), names of designers
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Word Origin and History for mig
MiG
in name of various Russian fighter planes, so called in honor of aircraft designers Mikoyan and (Russian i) Gurevitch.
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