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noun
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mag
1 American
[mag]
/ mæg /
noun
Informal.
mag
2
American
[mag]
/ mæg /
noun
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a magpie.
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talk; chatter.
verb (used without object)
magged,
magging
Mag
3
American
[mag]
/ mæg /
noun
mag.
4
American
abbreviation
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magazine.
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magnetism.
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magneto.
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magnitude.
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(in prescriptions) large.
mag
1
British
/ mæɡ /
verb
noun
mag.
2
British
abbreviation
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magazine
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magnitude
mag
3
British
/ mæɡ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mag1
Shortened form
Origin of mag2
Shortened form of magpie
Origin of mag.4
From the Latin word magnus
Example Sentences
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Whether or not you care about infidelity and hosts’ personal lives, listeners to Huberman’s podcast should not sweep aside the contents of the New York mag story as mere gossip.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024
Not just Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in this month's glossy mag, or news that "discreet chic" is back and flamboyant "statement gowns" are out!
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
“I don’t want to die,” the People cover star said in this week’s issue, telling the mag that she’s hoping to inspire others by focusing on her future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Where I used to live in Colorado, I could see mag 5 stars from my driveway after I got dark-adapted, but light pollution from nearby towns made fainter stars invisible.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
They say: Ms. Steck will give her an A just because of lit mag.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
And before the opening bell, we break down why individual investors—once the Mag Seven’s most enthusiastic fans—are pulling back from tech heavyweights like Microsoft and Apple in favor of newer AI trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Many individual investors maintain significant exposure to the Mag Seven—but they are increasingly funneling dollars toward less famous stocks that they are hoping will emerge as the next set of AI superstars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“In our view, the Mag 7 is dead as a construct for assessing large-cap growth dynamics, and it has been for some time,” say strategists at Citi, led by Scott Chronert.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Those four Mag 7 stocks combined had a negative 977.56-point contribution to the index in the 20 trading days it took to climb from 51,000.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Lake Mag girls had mentioned them, yet I had never seen one.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
“Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Go in and win, say I. I’m sending with this an English mag. or two, with interviews in to show you the style of thing they need.
From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.
Dear Editor: In the short time your mag. has been out, it has already established itself as the best in the field.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
I tackled Phillis about it, and she said the mag. was meant to be serious, not comic.
From The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life by Brazil, Angela
Did I ask you to send me my books and papers, and all the bound volumes of the mag.? quorum pars.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
Worn, fretted, and stretched rope, as a magged brace.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Beef Tea She never magged; she never said no word; But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred.
From The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)
And I suppose I'd been magging so hard all yesterday about myself that I hadn't given the girl a chance to put her life history across me!
From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta
But I'm bound the members as silenced us, in doing it had plenty of magging.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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