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Other definitions for SIG (2 of 4)

sig.

abbreviation

signal.

signature.

signor.Also Sig.

signore; signori.Also Sig.

Other definitions for SIG (3 of 4)

Sig.¹

abbreviation

(in prescriptions) write; mark; label: indicating directions to be written on a package or label for the use of the patient.

Origin of Sig.

<Latin signā;See signa

Other definitions for SIG (4 of 4)

Sig.²

abbreviation

let it be written.

Origin of Sig.

From the Latin word signētur

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How to use SIG in a sentence

Maybe giving Deborah K. Jones, our Ambassador to Libya, a 9mm SIG Sauer and a pair of nunchucks.
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns|P. J. O’Rourke|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Police say Rodgers was found with a Glock 34 and two Sig Sauer P226s and more than 400 rounds of ammunition.
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According to Sig Gissler, who administered the awards, the two series of stories “were complementary.”
Guardian and WaPo Share Pulitzer: Snowden Hails Victory for “More Accountable Democracy”|David Freedlander|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Valtro 12 gauge tactical shotgun, Sig Sauer .40 caliber pistol, Century International Arms Inc.
678 Firearms Is Quite the 'Personal Collection'|Ilana Glazer|April 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Perhaps that is one reason why Nancy purchased the Sig Sauer automatic a year later, in March 2011.
Nancy Lanza Was Deluded to Keep Guns at Home With Troubled Adam|Michael Daly|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Trump was a game played with cards, as will appear by the following passage of Dekker's "Bellman of London," 1608, sig.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3|Various
Fen-saloon, from fen, a fen, but which it would appear may also be made to sig.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
Pasigraphy, pa-sig′ra-fi, n. a system of language-signs universally intelligible.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
How readily even these despised and neglected animals respond to the slightest advance, has been already shown by Sig.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
Hence ne-sig is a verb, ne being the prefix and sig the stem.
Sumerian Hymns|Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh

British Dictionary definitions for SIG (1 of 2)

sig.

abbreviation for

signature

British Dictionary definitions for SIG (2 of 2)

Sig.

abbreviation for

(in prescriptions) signā

(in prescriptions) signature

signor

signore

Word Origin for Sig.

(sense 1) Latin: sign (senses 3 and 4) Italian: mister

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