meg

Etymology 1

Clipping of megabyte, megahertz, megajoule, etc.

noun

  1. (colloquial) Any unit having the SI prefix mega-.
    (computing) - "My new computer has over 500 megs [or meg] of RAM." (megabytes)
    (radio) - "What frequency does Radio XYZ broadcast on?" "105.7 meg." (megahertz)
    (heating) - "a 250-meg gas heater" (megajoule)

Etymology 2

Unknown

noun

  1. (obsolete, US, slang) a dollar
    He could pick out cloth that was thirty meg a yard and get a suit and overcoat for fifteen bucks. 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post

Etymology 3

Clipping of nutmeg.

noun

  1. (colloquial, soccer) a nutmeg

verb

  1. (colloquial, soccer, transitive) To nutmeg an opponent.

Etymology 4

noun

  1. (colloquial) A megalodon.

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