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• mig
  mig

  noun

  a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
• MiG
  MiG

  noun

  any of several Russian-built fighter aircraft, as the MiG-15, a jet used in the Korean War.

mig

¹ American  

[mig] / mɪg /

Or migg

noun

Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

1. a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.

2. (used with a singular verb) migs, the game of marbles.

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MiG ² American  

[mig] / mɪg /

Or Mig,

noun

1. any of several Russian-built fighter aircraft, as the MiG-15, a jet used in the Korean War.

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MiG British  

/ mɪɡ /

noun

1. any of various types of Russian and former Soviet fighter aircraft

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Etymology

Origin of mig¹

Perhaps variant of mib with g from game ¹

Origin of MiG²

Named after Artem Mi(koyan) and Mikhail G(urevich), Russian aircraft designers

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Example Sentences

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mig MiG

They were able to keep track of each mig, by their watches, although the time pieces were useless for any other purpose.

From Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! by Frederick Orlin Tremaine

As sweet as mig is a common simile; I suspect that mig means mead, the liquor made from honey.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings

For the line He was my friend, faithful and just to me. our author has: Han var min Ven, trofast og oprigtig mod mig!

From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Martin Brown Ruud

Each mig being just forty-five minutes in length.

From Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! by Frederick Orlin Tremaine

And many a heart there silently recalled the old song about the cloister robbery and looked at Oluf Tyste: "Krist gif en sadan Angel Kom, tog båd mig och dig!"

From Pictures of Sweden by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Its air force was once considered to be among the best in Latin America, with modern Soviet MiG jet fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Between 1971‑72 and April 2012, 482 MiG crashes were recorded, claiming 171 pilots, 39 civilians, eight service personnel and one aircrew, "caused by both human error and technical defects".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

Poland has supplied Ukraine with a wide range of weaponry, including Leopard 2 tanks and Soviet-era MiG fighter jets.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

The permission was needed because Germany used to own the Soviet-designed MiG 29 planes, which were part of communist East Germany’s military fleet.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

As if on cue, a MiG suddenly screamed past overhead.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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