mag

M3A1G2
US, UK/mæɡ/British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/maɡ/Australia/mæ(ː)ɡ/New Zealand/mɛɡ/

verb

To steal.

“stash of porno mags”

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

mag1

nounmag (plural mags)

plural mags

  1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of magazine.

    NY Mag

    New York Magazine

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    stash of porno mags

  2. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of magnet.

    Get the mag in there to clear away the scrap.

  3. abbreviationclippingengineeringClipping of magneto.

    The left mag isn't properly grounded.

  4. abbreviationclippingcolloquialespeciallymedicineClipping of magnesium.

    She looks fine on physical exam, but I don't like these low mag levels.

  5. abbreviationcolloquialellipsisautomotiveEllipsis of mag wheel.

    brand new tires and factory-original mags

  6. abbreviationclippingastronomyClipping of magnitude.
  7. abbreviationclippingcolloquiallawClipping of magistrate.
  8. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of magnetometer.

    mag hits

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    Some marine salvagers might be interested in these unusual mag hits.

    The policy is that all staff entering the Capitol are required to go through the mags whether or not they are with a Member of Congress.

    2010, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch Appropriations for 2011: Hearings..., page 171

    “Take the f-ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”

    2022 June 28, Luke Broadwater, Michael S. Schmidt, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump Urged Armed Supporters to Capitol, White House Aide Testifies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

mag2

verbmag (third-person singular simple present mags, present participle magging, simple past and past participle magged)

present singular third person mags · participle present magging · participle past magged · past magged

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo steal.
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo talk.

    "Is that why you're always magging with Pascoe?" Horrible John went on. […] "So that's why you and him are always talking. And here's me thinkin' you was crawlin' for stripes."

    2015, Eric Lambert, The Twenty Thousand Thieves

mag3

nounmag (plural mags)

plural mags

  1. UKobsoleteslangA halfpenny.

    When all your tin is gone and spent, And you've not a mag for bread or rent

    1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder, page 377
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    "Why, of course you wanted to get in," Mr. Bucket asserts with cheerfulness; "but for a old gentleman at your time of life […] not to consider that if he don't keep such a business as the present as close as possible it can't be worth a mag to him, is so curious! You see your temper got the better of you; that's where you lost ground," says Mr. Bucket in an argumentative and friendly way.

    1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

MAG4

nounMAG (plural MAGs)

plural MAGs

  1. abbreviationacronymspace flightAcronym of maximum absorbency garment (astronaut diaper / space nappies).
  2. abbreviationacronymbiochemistryAcronym of myelin-associated glycoprotein.
  3. biologyA gene which encodes for myelin associated glycoprotein

Mag5

nounMag (plural Mags)

plural Mags

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of Magnificat.

Mag6

nounMag (plural Mags)

plural Mags

  1. informalchatterbox.

    Synonyms: Chatty Cathy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounchatterbox.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

mag · verb

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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