maggie

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/ˈmæɡi/

noun

Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.

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Meanings

maggie1

nounmaggie (plural maggies)

plural maggies · alternative maggy

  1. Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
  2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.

Maggie2

proper nounMaggie (countable and uncountable, plural Maggies)

plural Maggies

  1. countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Margaret.

    I could tell that some of the guests were confused by the name of Maggie―no-one had called her by that clunky, unfashionable name in years―

    2004, Joanne Harris, Jigs & Reels, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 81
    2 more examples

    Maggie. Never in her life had she heard her mother called Maggie. It was a name from her youth, that dead time Jerene had never been allowed to talk about [- - -]. Her mother was Margaret now.

    1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, Houghton Mifflin, published 1997, →ISBN, page 127

    CNN reported on Friday that Trump first mentioned the document in a March interview with the New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their book Regime Change, an account of the first 14 months of Trump’s second term, which is to be published next week.

    2026 June 19, Edward Helmore, “Comparison to Hitler, Mao, Stalin? Trump says: ‘Sounds good to me!’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2026
    1. countableinformaluncountableMargaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
girlmagpie

Origin

From magpie + -ie.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 瑪吉 /玛吉
  • 瑪吉 /玛吉 (Mǎjí)female given name
Danish Grete, Grethe
  • Gretefemale given name
  • Grethefemale given name
  • Meretefemale given name
  • Metafemale given name
  • Mettefemale given name
Dutch Greet, Greetje
  • Greetfemale given name
  • Greetjefemale given name
  • Grietfemale given name
Finnish harakka, isohuiluvaris
  • harakkaPica pica
  • isohuiluvarisGymnorhina tibicen
  • Reetafemale given name
  • Reettafemale given name
French Maguy, Margot
  • Maguyfemale given name
  • Margotfemale given name
German Gretel, Greta
  • Gretelfemale given name
  • Gretafemale given name
  • Gretchenfemale given name
  • Gretefemale given name
  • Metafemale given name
Hungarian Gitta, Gréta
  • Gittafemale given name
  • Grétafemale given name
Icelandic Gréta
  • Grétafemale given name
Italian Rita, Greta
  • Ritafemale given name
  • Gretafemale given name
Japanese マギー
  • マギー (Magī)female given name
Korean 매기
  • 매기 (Maegi)female given name
Lithuanian Greta
  • Gretafemale given name
Norwegian Grete, Grethe
  • Gretefemale given name
  • Grethefemale given name
  • Metafemale given name
  • Mettefemale given name
Polish Gosia, Małgosia
  • Gosiafemale given name
  • Małgosiafemale given name
  • Marzenafemale given name
Spanish Rita
  • Ritafemale given name
Swedish Greta, Märta
  • Gretafemale given name
  • Märtafemale given name
  • Metafemale given name
Welsh Mared
  • Maredfemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maggie

shaggyaggiesaggybaggycraggybaggiemaggyjaggylaggyaggybraggiedaggyflaggygaggyknaggynaggyscraggyTaggie
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Cite this entry
APA

maggie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maggie

MLA

“maggie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maggie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maggie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maggie.

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