mag
part of speech
noun (mag, mags) – short for magazine; also short for magnitude, magnesium, magnet (rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) (informal) A magazine: a thin book with pictures and articles that comes out regularly. tree →
2) (informal, Australia/NZ/UK) Chat or gossip, or to chatter: «have a mag» (old-fashioned). tree →
3) (informal) A magazine for a gun – the part that holds the bullets. tree →
4) (informal) Short for «mag wheel» (a shiny metal car wheel), or for magnitude/magnesium in science shorthand. tree →
sense in the lessons
Mostly a clipped word in everyday talk: «a comic mag», «a gaming mag», «a football mag». In older Australian and British speech, «to mag» is to chat a lot. In science notes, «Mg» is the symbol for magnesium; «mag» may be written as a shorthand. It tells the reader the speaker is casual.
examples
- I bought a football mag with my pocket money. tree →
- Mum reads a cooking mag on the train. tree →
- My brother loves gaming mags. tree →
- The school mag has a page of jokes. tree →
- Gran and her friend had a good mag over a cup of tea. tree →
- The detective found an empty mag on the floor. tree →
- Dad's car has new mag wheels. tree →
note
Clipped informal word; in writing use «magazine». Plural «mags». A «magazine» (the whole word) can also mean a store for weapons or ammunition. Not the same as «mug» or «nag».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mag» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.