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mag

nounverbnounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//maɡ//
  • United States//mæɡ//
  • Australia//mæ(ː)ɡ//
  • New Zealand//mɛɡ//
  • //meɪɡ//

To steal.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of magazineClipping of magazine.

    NY Mag

    stash of porno mags

  2. 2

    Variant of magnetClipping of magnet.

    Get the mag in there to clear away the scrap.

  3. 3

    Variant of magnesiumClipping of magnesium.

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

  4. 4

    Variant of mag wheelEllipsis of mag wheel.

    brand new tires and factory-original mags

  5. 5

    Variant of magnitudeClipping of magnitude.

  6. 6

    Variant of magistrateClipping of magistrate.

  7. 7

    Variant of magnetometerClipping of magnetometer.

    mag hits

    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.

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

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo steal.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTo 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."

Etymology

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA halfpenny.

    "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.

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

Forms

plural
mags
past tense
magged
past participle
magged
present participle
magging
third person singular
mags
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).