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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.


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.


MiG British  
/ mɪɡ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

Example Sentences

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Here is her answer: Det Udklip Du sendte mig passer ikke altsammen.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Jennings, James

And Lassen has: Cas: Tirr mig ei mer; jeg kunde glemme mig.

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

They were very beautiful, too, but somehow Marmaduke loved the first blue croaker and the bright agate and the little gray mig best of all.

From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon

Skal jeg mig b�ie for din Vredes Nykker?

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