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MiG

MiG

1 8.0
A Russian company that makes fighter jets
  • proper noun
translation icon : MiG
  • That's a MiG.
  • MiG fighters
  • MiG pilot
  • Soviet MiG

Examples

  • I'd just really like to hear about the MiG sometime.

    Top Gun (1986)

  • Tell me about the MiG some other time.

    Top Gun (1986)

  • Why didn't you tell me you were the famous MiG lnsulter?.

    Top Gun (1986)

  • The MiG?

    Wasp Network (2020)

  • Of course we all know there's no such aircraft as the MiG 242 and indeed there is no conflict between Soviet Russia and the West.

    Deader Country (2009)

  • You were in a four G inverted dive with a MiG-28?

    Top Gun (1986)

  • We will be dealing with F-5s and A-4s as our MiG simulators.

    Top Gun (1986)

  • The Russian company MiG is renowned for its design of advanced military fighter aircraft.

  • During the Cold War, many countries relied on Soviet MiG models to strengthen their air forces.

  • The latest MiG jet, equipped with cutting-edge technology, has been showcased at international air shows.

Synonyms

Junkers
vsMiG
  • Archaic
9.6

A German company that designed and built planes in the early 1900s

is a Russian design bureau noted for producing modern fighter aircraft

Surface Forms

MiG main

Etymology

MiG is the short name of the design bureau created by Mikoyan and Gurevich, so the company itself is called MiG. That is why people use MiG to mean the firm that designs and makes those fighter aircraft.